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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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This could generate high-quality jobs in India, lessen Western dependence on China, and deepen U.S.-India technology relations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

I’m considerably less enthusiastic about the possibility of an algorithm deciding that my apparent dependence on black beans means I could stand to pay another 30 cents per can.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

JPL is the largest piece of Caltech’s dependence on Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

But that freedom comes with a new vulnerability - dependence on platforms that can restrict their work or cut off access to their audiences.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

In short, I can feel no dependence on his coming, and I wish Mr. Weston were less sanguine.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 51 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 44 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Here, though, the men’s relationship, with its kindness, virtues and mutual dependences, also offers a vision of an American dream not yet wholly corrupted by unbridled self-interest.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019

A wiser and more benevolent instructor would teach him, on the contrary, to acknowledge his dependences and avoiding forbidden things, to partake with cheerfulness of the material blessings which surround him.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr

But yet it is less danger, to have an ambitious man stirring in business, than great in dependences.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon


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