dependents

Example Sentences

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Zalewski said his government was prepared to build infrastructure to house new troops and their dependents so the American units could be permanently stationed in Poland.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

They include most overseas students being restricted from bringing family members to the UK and care workers being restricted from bringing dependents with them.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“I’ve noticed an odd trend of single women with no dependents buying life insurance — it’s often a total scam,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Unified officials said the district pays 100% of healthcare monthly premiums for all workers and their dependents if a worker qualifies for healthcare by working a minimum number of hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson