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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
And from antiquity, Japan has suffered under natural disasters—people’s survival has depended on outside forces.
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Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Victory depended on scale, endurance, and the ability to outlast the other side.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
Robin’s path to survival depended on an out-of-state specialist and on telehealth as a lifeline.
—Rees Empey, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
When the dictatorship that ran Venezuela collapsed in 1958, the project lost political backing — and the loans that El Helicoide's developers depended on.
—Manuel Rueda, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
In fact, the project, whose premise depended on sustaining a false reality for one unknowing star, inherently risked self-destruction.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
In the tournament that young basketball players dream of one day playing in, in a game in which team members had every reason to play as though their lives depended on the outcome, Georgia played with the intensity and focus of a pickup game at the YMCA.
—Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Once, OpenAI depended on Microsoft’s billions of dollars of investment.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 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
Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Victory depended on scale, endurance, and the ability to outlast the other side.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
Robin’s path to survival depended on an out-of-state specialist and on telehealth as a lifeline.
—Rees Empey, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
When the dictatorship that ran Venezuela collapsed in 1958, the project lost political backing — and the loans that El Helicoide's developers depended on.
—Manuel Rueda, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
In fact, the project, whose premise depended on sustaining a false reality for one unknowing star, inherently risked self-destruction.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
In the tournament that young basketball players dream of one day playing in, in a game in which team members had every reason to play as though their lives depended on the outcome, Georgia played with the intensity and focus of a pickup game at the YMCA.
—Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Once, OpenAI depended on Microsoft’s billions of dollars of investment.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 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
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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According to Hunter, federal prosecutors relied heavily on a geofence warrant.—
Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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O'ahu resident Melanie Lee saw what's left of her house for the first time on Monday after the worst flooding Hawaii has seen in two decades turned parts of the islands' emerald communities into mud.—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Widow turned aspiring government contractor Elizabeth Griscom Ross was indeed real.—
Marla Miller,
The Conversation,
23 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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