self-dependent

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These decisions were often nuanced, but were based on how much that information was considered relevant, and were sometimes simply dependent on the force's relationship with an individual journalist.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

In reality, however, we are simply dependent on our sun, and our destiny depends upon that.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

"Father," said Emily, "I thought the object in giving Gertrude a good education was to make her independent of all the world, and not simply dependent upon us."

From The Lamplighter by Cummins, Maria S.

The peculiar organisation by which this result is obtained is not free from obscurity, but in all probability the means of adjusting the temperature of plants is simply dependent on evaporation.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir