dependent
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As a species, we are “almost entirely dependent on flowers,” the author reminds us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Vik Ghei: Our strategy is dependent on valuation.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar are fully dependent on Hormuz, as is Iran, which accelerated exports ahead of the conflict.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
He said the impact on the environment going forward was dependent on how spring and summer progressed.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
There, I still encounter extended families of a few adults with their dependent children and elderly, living in crude temporary shelters along streams and traveling by canoe and on foot.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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