interdependent
adjective
in·ter·de·pen·dent
ˌin-tər-di-ˈpen-dənt 
: dependent upon one another : mutually dependent
interdependent statistical variables
… the interdependent gyrations of double suns …—
James Joyce
James Joyce… the interrelationships between social groupings were reciprocal and interdependent.—Howard P. Chudacoff
Howard P. ChudacoffIn an interdependent world, every nation is dependent upon every other.—Michael Novak
Michael Novak
interdependently
adverb
Atlantis is to have its own economic activities, but the city is to function interdependently with other centers in the greater Cape Town region.
—John Western
John Western
Examples of interdependent in a Sentence
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The Byzantine origins of Britain’s older silver coins illuminate the interdependent trading networks that drove medieval economies in Europe.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The use of this sort of interdependent feedback loop is likely to increase in the future with the introduction of autonomous agents.
—David Zuluaga Martínez, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
But as regional food systems became woven into an interdependent global system, Butz envisioned something even grander: American dominance of the global food trade as a tool of economic and political warfare.
—Zach Helder, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
The path forward fuses empathy and AI as interdependent drivers of progress.
—Gillian Oakenfull, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The interdependent redwoods, which have survived more than a century of clear-cutting, wildfires and climate change, are a symbol of the resilience and community these three lonely souls desperately need.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
To underscore that the two countries had entered a new, cooperative era, the Russian and American components of the station were designed to be interdependent.
—Aaron Bateman, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
So Buettner and Conrad became more deeply interdependent, eventually getting the same primary-care doctor and granting medical and legal power-of-attorney rights to the other.
—Rhaina Cohen, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
The present order involves more players than the Cold War, and the two largest powers, the United States and China, have an interdependent economic relationship, whereas the Soviet Union and its allies were largely siloed from Western economic activity.
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The use of this sort of interdependent feedback loop is likely to increase in the future with the introduction of autonomous agents.
—David Zuluaga Martínez, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
But as regional food systems became woven into an interdependent global system, Butz envisioned something even grander: American dominance of the global food trade as a tool of economic and political warfare.
—Zach Helder, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
The path forward fuses empathy and AI as interdependent drivers of progress.
—Gillian Oakenfull, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The interdependent redwoods, which have survived more than a century of clear-cutting, wildfires and climate change, are a symbol of the resilience and community these three lonely souls desperately need.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
To underscore that the two countries had entered a new, cooperative era, the Russian and American components of the station were designed to be interdependent.
—Aaron Bateman, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
So Buettner and Conrad became more deeply interdependent, eventually getting the same primary-care doctor and granting medical and legal power-of-attorney rights to the other.
—Rhaina Cohen, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
The present order involves more players than the Cold War, and the two largest powers, the United States and China, have an interdependent economic relationship, whereas the Soviet Union and its allies were largely siloed from Western economic activity.
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
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