depend

1
as in to base
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) whether or not we play baseball will depend on how much rain we get

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as in to rely
to place reliance or trust I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it

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Recent Examples of depend As the bedrock of retirement in America, our financial future depends on protecting Social Security for decades to come. Nora Duncan, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025 According to the United Nations, a third of the world’s food production depends on pollinators like bees. Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 11 July 2025 President Trump's approval rating hovers around 40-48% depending on the poll. Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025 Much depends on the role of Manuela Giugliano, likely to play as a deep midfielder rather than the No 10 position she is often deployed in at Roma. Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for depend
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  • The show, based on a novella by the author Martha Wells, follows a snarky private-security cyborg (played by Alexander Skarsgård) assigned to protect a group of scientists investigating a mostly uncharted planet.
    Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 5 July 2025
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2025
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  • Oliver Wing et al., 2022 In recent years, the rise of climate risk analytics models and private flood risk data have allowed the real estate, finance and insurance industries to rely less on FEMA's maps.
    Jeremy Porter, CBS News, 14 July 2025
  • For the past three years, New York City beaches have relied on drones to detect sharks and riptides, and now the gizmos are being used to drop flotation devices on swimmers in trouble.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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  • The downside is that each method has a potential reaction from the AGI or ASI that could turn things ugly.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The transfers, which had not been previously reported, signal a significant expansion in the Trump administration's efforts to turn parts of Guantanamo Bay into immigration detention facilities to hold foreigners facing deportation.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
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  • However, police later clarified that there were eight victims total since some were counted twice.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
  • Senate Republicans argue that because the bill extends current tax law, those cuts shouldn't be counted.
    Jim Sergent, USA Today, 5 July 2025
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  • In today’s digital economy, fintech success hinges not only on technological innovation but on building a resilient, scalable ecosystem through strategic partnerships.
    Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Rowling’s magic seems to appeal to some critics as a way to have one’s proverbial cake and eat it—advanced technology without the harmful effects— but this interpretation might hinge more on readerly projections than what the texts bear out.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
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  • With 63km remaining, Healy’s fellow Irishman Eddie Dunbar attacks, riding in the purple jersey of the Australian Jayco-AlUla team.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • The team got off to a 16-0 first-quarter lead and was able to ride that to the win, even with the Sugar Skulls winning two of the remaining three quarters.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025

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