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as in relied
to place reliance or trust
I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it
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Recent Examples of depended
Prior administrations — fom Ronald Reagan to Joe Biden — typically depended on geopolitical experts in international law, history, or intelligence, such as George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, and Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
And Netanyahu has depended on him since long before any of this.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
By the end of 2025, even states that had never depended on buying goods from abroad were feeling tariff tremors in their own way.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
However, Connor’s and Scheifele’s dominance has, in part, depended on Morrissey playing a dominant all-around game.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Their survival often depended on maintaining scientific credibility and demonstrating tangible benefits to local populations.
—Guy Vernet, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
Silicon Valley’s dominance has never depended solely on technology.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
That’s because Brazil’s vaccine program depended not just on independence, but also on resources to operate.
—Jessica A.j. Rich, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Another reduction depended on underlying inflation cooling steadily this year, Powell said.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
And Netanyahu has depended on him since long before any of this.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
By the end of 2025, even states that had never depended on buying goods from abroad were feeling tariff tremors in their own way.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
However, Connor’s and Scheifele’s dominance has, in part, depended on Morrissey playing a dominant all-around game.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Their survival often depended on maintaining scientific credibility and demonstrating tangible benefits to local populations.
—Guy Vernet, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
Silicon Valley’s dominance has never depended solely on technology.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
That’s because Brazil’s vaccine program depended not just on independence, but also on resources to operate.
—Jessica A.j. Rich, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Another reduction depended on underlying inflation cooling steadily this year, Powell said.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended
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Polyamory is nothing new in California, and certainly not in Oakland, which in 2024 became the first city in the state to outlaw discrimination based on family structure — a move meant in part to protect multiple partners’ rights to manage a medical emergency in the hospital.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sea water flowing into the tanks is controlled with inlet valves and will vary based on the needs of the experiment.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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Companies that relied on flexible, bespoke private credit loans during the low-rate era are now finding it harder and more expensive to roll over debt, particularly those in sectors facing structural disruption.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Illinois has long relied on its nonprofit sector because government cannot do everything.—
Monique B. Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the 24-year-old has offered little to suggest a corner is going to be turned.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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When the Fed began raising rates in 2022, the correlation between stocks and bonds turned positive — meaning that bonds weren’t the portfolio ballast investors were expecting.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Making the method more practical will depend on increasing how quickly atoms can be captured and counted.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the first 10 days of Israel’s March offensive, CNN counted 523 buildings destroyed across 22 communities.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Depended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depended. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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