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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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Chrissy’s discovery sets the stage for a twist that merely draws unfavorable comparisons to far better speculative science fiction about our growing dependence on AI companionship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Water agent Gonzalez meanwhile said the government is moving forward with transforming the sector's energy mix as a way to reduce dependence on the faulty national power grid.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“The remaining dependence is concentrated in a few critical areas,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a Vienna-based military analyst and head of Gady Consulting who has spent long periods with Ukrainian forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

AI is actually more likely to deepen dependence on those platforms, he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The truth of his intellectual dependence on Beeckman was utterly intolerable to him.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

I shall take for granted that you have a fairly plain idea of the stomach and its dependences.

From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Helen Campbell

Claims made by their pride and their self-respect, and their weaknesses and dependences.

From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells


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