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as in conditional
determined by something else
our going to the movies tonight is dependent on whether or not we have any money left after we eat out
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as in parasite
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Recent Examples of dependent
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
Your car maintenance expenditure is dependent on the specific year, make and model of your vehicle.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
To be eligible, the taxpayer must have a valid Social Security number and must not have been claimed as a dependent on someone else's return.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The bottom line is that military retiree and dependent ID cards remain valid for flying domestically as of today.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
Your car maintenance expenditure is dependent on the specific year, make and model of your vehicle.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Noun
That approach, rooted in Cold War–era assumptions and extended by inertia over eight decades, tended to view partners as dependents: recipients of protection rather than co-creators of power.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
To be eligible, the taxpayer must have a valid Social Security number and must not have been claimed as a dependent on someone else's return.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dependent
Adjective
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How choice destroyed the milk industry But milk’s bursts in popularity have been conspicuously conditional, ebbing and flowing with the economy and government support.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
2 May 2025
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Trump's team has emphasized that the pause is conditional, designed to encourage negotiations with major trading partners.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But things get gory for the many cicadas that are unlucky enough to be infected by the deadly fungal parasite Massospora cicadina.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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But sometimes, like a tick on a dog, one animal takes advantage of another — a parasite.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.—
Micaela Arnett,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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The company has announced tentative launch schedules before, only to be thwarted by technical issues, regulatory hangups, or bad weather.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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The ceasefire, mediated by Oman, has secured a tentative end to attacks on American ships in the Red Sea, but details are slim on the concessions made by both sides.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
7 May 2025
Noun
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There are a handful of schools with about 2,000 children within a half-mile of ground zero of the toxic Tijuana River, the place where a swamp gas leeches out and spreads over our neighborhoods.—
Tom Csanidi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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In a cave in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China, researchers have discovered a new species of leech called Sinospelaeobdella jiangxiensis, or the jiangxiensis land leech.—
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Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Simply put, some animals don’t like moochers.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
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Things take a turn when Smokey's drug supplier demands $200 by 10 PM or they'll be killed, but the pair is easily distracted by conflicts with the resident bully, Craig's jealous girlfriend, and various neighborhood moochers and petty criminals.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2024
Noun
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The shorter half is divided into two: a perfectly-sized sponge holder on the left and a dish soap section on the right.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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For reference, a set of nine little sponge cubes shown below – each of which weigh less than a gram – can release 0.5 fl oz (15 ml) into the cup.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
8 May 2025
Noun
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In a government that is already owned and operated by far-right cranks and hangers-on, Bongino can only do so much damage on his own.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Matthew is a classic hanger-on, whose own identity is mutable, molding himself to whoever is around him and shining their light on him.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Dependent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependent. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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