dependent
Example Sentences
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Despite being the fourth largest economy in the world — the home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley — California’s budget is extremely dependent on the state’s most prosperous residents.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
“When people ask, are you dependent upon current or future government incentives? The answer is no,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Patients are, after all, very dependent on their physicians.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
In the future, the hope is that new patients will eventually be given a personalised combination of those drugs and will never have to become dependent on insulin therapy.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
It looked almost as dependent as a human being for some acknowledgment of its existence.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing dependent
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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