How to Use interdependent in a Sentence

interdependent

adjective
  • There’s a real need to recognize that this is an age in which countries are more interdependent.
    Joshua Keating, Vox, 4 Aug. 2024
  • My hunger grew to witness a river teeming with wild salmon and a culture still interdependent with the bounty of the ocean.
    New York Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Our goal as parents is to raise children who are interdependent; young adults who rely both on others and themselves.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Talks would be required because the space station is designed to be interdependent.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2022
  • There are many plants and insects that are interdependent upon one another.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
  • Because the data for each pair are interdependent, the data were analyzed at the level of the dyad.
    Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2012
  • The reality is more nuanced, as the town and the ski resort are interdependent.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • These three qualities are interdependent; each one on its own is good but insufficient.
    John O'Grady, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The bottom line is that marketing and product teams are interdependent.
    Tifenn Dano Kwan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Our interdependent relationship requires both of us to have the grace to learn and grow together.
    Alice Wong, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The two elements are interdependent; better brain health supports stronger brain skills, and vice versa.
    Bob Sternfels, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Baltimore’s health care safety net is a complex, interdependent system designed to catch those who fall through the cracks.
    Jacob Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025
  • West Coast creatures had millions of years to evolve their interdependent lives, Carswell said.
    Washington Post, 18 May 2018
  • With warmer temperatures, most species moved their habits earlier, but interdependent species didn't always move at the same rate.
    CBS News, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Global trade barriers tripled in value last year alone, even as supply chains remain deeply interdependent.
    Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The crisis revealed how fragile and interdependent our systems are.
    Lauren Buitta, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For them, the individual is interdependent on those around them.
    Pavel Krapivin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Nation-states and their parochial identities would give way to an interdependent and cosmopolitan future.
    Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Gallup officials said in the report that the categories are interdependent and well-being is more than the sum of the elements.
    Will Egensteiner, Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2014
  • How did this particular framework evolve in your thinking, and in what ways are the components interdependent?
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • But these cuisines—whose lineages are in fact wonderfully muddled—also connect us to a wider, interdependent world.
    Reem Kassis, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Media, brand, and customer journey teams operate as interdependent units, with tight feedback loops.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Part of the problem, former aides say, is the interdependent relationship between politicians and their staffs.
    Lisa Lerer, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Unilateralism won’t work in today’s world; no nation can opt out of a globe that has grown irreversibly interdependent.
    Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The failure of one system compounded and led to the failure of others, which highlights how interdependent the systems are, experts said.
    James Barragán, Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Even in strongly interdependent cultures, where people prioritize the needs and goals of the group over their own, most people preferred to decide alone.
    New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Changing a model now means a massive reengineering effort, as even a small tweak can disrupt complex, interdependent workflows.
    Pradeep Kumar Muthukamatchi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Part of the beauty of football is its interdependent nature, the way all the gears shift and turn together as part of one fantastically complex machine.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Those requests aren’t enough to overwhelm the system, but the surge is a reminder of just how interdependent, and sometimes fragile, the internet really is.
    Brian Barrett, Wired, 4 Oct. 2021

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