How to Use interdependence in a Sentence
interdependence
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This interdependence has been key to our success as a species.
—Robin G. Nelson, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2022
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And this interdependence between tech and trust is only set to get stronger.
—Andrew Dunbar, Forbes, 19 May 2022
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And so how does this idea of interdependence mesh with your concept of emergent strategy?
—Justin Scott Campbell, Longreads, 24 Apr. 2018
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This interdependence defines our lives and gives them meaning.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
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Our long-term goal as parents should be interdependence with our adult children, said Ginsburg.
—Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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This metaphor implies both an act of buffering and a condition of interdependence.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
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Instead, the interdependence that has stayed in my mind concerns this book’s transmission.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
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And a lack of forest diversity can be bad for species that require interdependence.
—Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2021
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Will long weeks of quarantine lead to a greater need for isolation – for those who can afford it – or foster even greater interdependence?
—Sunaina Kumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2020
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That economic interdependence has left many in the city struggling to imagine a future without it.
—Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
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Language is one example of an innovation that may well have been born of interdependence.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
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One of the fundamental differences between a team and a work group is the interdependence.
—George Bradt, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
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This means putting aside blustery talk of a national divorce between red and blue states in favor of a discourse of interdependence.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
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Thinking about the nature of the work and its degree of interdependence with other functions provides a guide for how best to invest work hours.
—Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
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At the same time, Elena is deeply jealous—a layer that only fuels their interdependence.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2021
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At that point, the interdependence idea was just a personal philosophy, their approach to life.
—Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2018
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The policy also reflects the interdependence of the two economies.
—Grady McGregor, Fortune, 8 June 2020
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Such interdependence, however, is built on trust.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Putting care—not just care work, but care—at the center of our economy, our politics, is to orient ourselves around our interdependence.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 11 Mar. 2021
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The debate about the utility of interdependence with China is fierce.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Some supply chains may need to be rerouted away from China, although such interdependence is one bulwark against conflict.
—Richard N. Haass, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
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When leadership teams are stuck in reporting mode, issues of interdependence among units are oftentimes not put on the team table.
—Katharina Schmidt, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
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Foldesy views the dynamic less as rivalry and more as interdependence.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
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The interdependence built up under Nafta may prove more durable than Nafta itself.
—Jacob M. Schlesinger, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2017
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This recent focus on care and interdependence has some historical roots.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
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The movie, a dramatization of life in the Chino prison, depicts friendships forged across racial lines and built on trust and interdependence.
—Dana Walters, The Conversation, 14 June 2019
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The only interdependence is between the finish of one task and the start of the next and at the completion signal that releases the car back into the pit street.
—Luc Hennekens, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
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In an ideal world, Green’s dream is about self-resilience and a desire for interdependence for communities of color.
—Cheryl Morrow, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2019
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Task interdependence leads to complex agency problems, leading to what is termed the multi-task principal agent problem.
—Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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The Iranian revolution shocked the world and shook the very bases of petrodollar interdependence.
—Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
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