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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
Stakes for Europe Europe has been caught in a launcher crisis and has depended on American firms like SpaceX to put its satellites into orbit.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
Many came in poverty and depended heavily on community structures, including the Central Council, which is state-funded.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
And for the love of the game – not to mention your kids – don’t relive it as if the future of the family depended on its outcome.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Indeed, under its original design, the success of Artemis 3 depended on a lot of things going right.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026
But discount window lending depended on banks seeking loans.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
Colonies that denied Black people political rights nevertheless armed and depended on them.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
The model depended on perpetual activity—leagues, weekend tournaments and camps.
—Michael Fealey, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2026
But South Beach was always filled with elderly walkers until midnight because these were a people whose lives depended on their feet.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
Many came in poverty and depended heavily on community structures, including the Central Council, which is state-funded.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
And for the love of the game – not to mention your kids – don’t relive it as if the future of the family depended on its outcome.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Indeed, under its original design, the success of Artemis 3 depended on a lot of things going right.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026
But discount window lending depended on banks seeking loans.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
Colonies that denied Black people political rights nevertheless armed and depended on them.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
The model depended on perpetual activity—leagues, weekend tournaments and camps.
—Michael Fealey, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2026
But South Beach was always filled with elderly walkers until midnight because these were a people whose lives depended on their feet.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended
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The Empress, based between Greenwich, Connecticut, and Paris, remained socially enmeshed in Europe’s royal circles, but Reza stayed in the United States, completing a degree at the University of Southern California, and then living a suburban existence in Potomac, Maryland.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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Bella Hadid relied on familiar mainstays, between walking the runways and making appearances at Milan and Paris Fashion Week.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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Howell didn’t play last year and has bounced around a little bit, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be relied on if he’s needed to start a game.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Mutiny includes no college grads in dead-end jobs whose grievances have turned them toward MAGA rather than union activism—young men and women recruited by Turning Point USA while still in college.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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When Leu, early this year, turned all but three acres of his property over to the city for a park the Tabebuia fell under municipal ownership.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
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Otherwise, she would be counted in.—
Souvankham Thammavongsa,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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As the three months are counted down in a clockwork way (at one point, the film simply leaps from the 12-week mark to the six-week mark), there’s little detailed feeling for how the designs evolve, for what’s at stake, or for the personalities of Jacobs’ associates.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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