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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
Until recently, Norway depended on private companies to conduct such advanced underwater surveys.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended heavily on fibroblasts, a class of supportive cells nestled in the deeper layer of the skin that secrete growth-promoting molecules and build the structural scaffolding that holds tissue together.
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Peter Jurich,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
Madueke worked his way in behind Ivan Perisic time after time, Gordon pressed like his life depended on it.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
Getting into the legal cannabis industry was a risk, but Brennan’s family business, which historically depended on seasonal apple sales for 80% of its revenue, needed to expand into a fast-growing sector.
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Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The impact also reached Europe, which has depended on the Gulf for jet fuel.
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Daniel Yergin,
Time,
20 June 2026
Johnson’s pitching career depended on that.
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Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
By the 1960s, bigger, faster interstates were paved, bypassing towns whose economies depended on travelers.
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Rebecca Treon,
Parents,
18 June 2026
The company’s founders say the idea came from watching ordinary people struggle to access opportunities that increasingly depended on technical knowledge.
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Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended heavily on fibroblasts, a class of supportive cells nestled in the deeper layer of the skin that secrete growth-promoting molecules and build the structural scaffolding that holds tissue together.
—
Peter Jurich,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
Madueke worked his way in behind Ivan Perisic time after time, Gordon pressed like his life depended on it.
—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
Getting into the legal cannabis industry was a risk, but Brennan’s family business, which historically depended on seasonal apple sales for 80% of its revenue, needed to expand into a fast-growing sector.
—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The impact also reached Europe, which has depended on the Gulf for jet fuel.
—
Daniel Yergin,
Time,
20 June 2026
Johnson’s pitching career depended on that.
—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
By the 1960s, bigger, faster interstates were paved, bypassing towns whose economies depended on travelers.
—
Rebecca Treon,
Parents,
18 June 2026
The company’s founders say the idea came from watching ordinary people struggle to access opportunities that increasingly depended on technical knowledge.
—
Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended
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The spacecraft that will attempt to rescue the Swift Observatory was developed by Katalyst Space, an aerospace company based in Flagstaff, Arizona, which was awarded the $30 million contract in September 2025.
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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.
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Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.
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All three feature different approaches to generating speed and grip, but only the Mustang relied on electric power.
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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All the whistles, reviews and ejections turned the final period into an absolute marathon.
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Though Patoka had hoped to make up ground with mail-in ballots, Jones remained comfortably ahead after all early votes, Election Day ballots and nearly 28,000 mail ballots had been counted.
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Compared with the last time both governor and Los Angeles mayor were on the ballot, county election officials counted more ballots, and tallied them faster than in 2022, The Times found.
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“Depended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depended. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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