dependent
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A phaseout might be better for Israel—in the same way the phaseout of U.S. economic aid between 1996 and 2006 strengthened Israel’s economy, by making it less dependent on American aid.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Budapest is highly dependent on Russian fossil fuels.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
West Coast, which is heavily dependent on gasoline from elsewhere, said Brett Gibbs, an analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
He says his physical condition has worsened while being in hospital, that he is weaker, more dependent on his ventilator and finding it harder to drive his wheelchair.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The church, too, dabbled with zero and the infinite, though church doctrine was still dependent on Aristotelian ideas.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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