How to Use dependency in a Sentence

dependency

noun

• One red flag is silent dependency on the cloud.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• There’s no dependency here, and no one else who can get me home, but me.
  — Emily Zebel, Longreads, 23 May 2024
• Williams has been open about his struggles with drug dependency in the past.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 6 Sep. 2021
• Williams had been open about his struggles with drug dependency in the past.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
• Fear of dependency, once again, plays a central role here.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• That dependency is in the past, and so are some more brutal killing methods.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Apr. 2022
• No one liked to talk about the high-dependency residents, who lived on the third floor.
  — Rachel Heng, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
• This shift wouldn’t just soften the boom-and-bust cycles tied to oil dependency.
  — Thais Lopez Vogel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
• There’s always a dependency on something that feels like a sure thing.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 3 Dec. 2019
• Our clients are moving away from a dependency on one country.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2022
• Each side has taken steps to lessen dependencies on the other.
  — Youyou Zhou, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
• The changes come as the nation rethinks its dependency on cars.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
• One-quarter are exposed to at least two of those dependencies.
  — Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 2 July 2026
• That grew into a dependency that plagued Garland for the rest of her life.
  — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2019
• There are more third-party dependencies than anyone can count.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
• The credit is tied to where the child lives and who pays for care, not who claims the dependency exemption.
  — Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
• Long distances became the norm, long commutes a habit, and car dependency the rule.
  — Carlos Moreno, Fortune, 7 May 2024
• He’s struggled with opioid dependency for a long time.
  — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• There’s no magic fix for Bill’s sadness, nor his drug dependency for many years.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
• An author would need to contact the company to take over one of those dependencies at this point.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 1 July 2024
• The goal should be long-term wellness through lifestyle, not lifelong dependency on drugs.
  — Alex Ward, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
• That is the real cost of owner dependency.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Power and dependency can also play a role.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
• The developer just adds it to their dependencies and calls a function to wrap the key.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
• Modern systems share more dependencies than any single team can hold.
  — Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• The rise of the selfie and its appendage, the selfie stick, has weaned us off our dependency on randoms.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020
• The fresh approach offers a tire that changes the shape of where the rubber meets the road to improve load dependency.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2019
• One of the biggest concerns is founder dependency.
  — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
• The spiral into dependency in this case is truly sad and maybe even preventable.
  — OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 May 2018
• Still, the re-emergence of a shortage is a warning sign that the world’s dollar dependency is far from over.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2018