as in dependences
the quality or state of needing something or someone
she was concerned about his heavy dependency on coffee to get him moving in the morning
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Recent Examples of dependencies
The disruption, which left residents without reliable access to emergency services, revealed a spectrum of vulnerabilities—from outdated infrastructure and centralized dependencies to weak change management and limited visibility into system access.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And, short of suicides, there is other mounting evidence of people developing harmful chatbot dependencies.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
But because financial institutions were deeply interconnected through complex financial instruments and dependencies, losses on these mortgages rapidly cascaded through the entire financial sector.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Both sides are working to reduce these dependencies, but these efforts could take years.
—Washington Post Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
This is why nations must rapidly work toward an ability to develop, control, and deploy AI infrastructure without external dependencies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Security Risks Relying on AI assistants like Copilot poses security risks, such as injecting vulnerabilities, hardcoded secrets and insecure dependencies.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And, short of suicides, there is other mounting evidence of people developing harmful chatbot dependencies.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
But because financial institutions were deeply interconnected through complex financial instruments and dependencies, losses on these mortgages rapidly cascaded through the entire financial sector.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Both sides are working to reduce these dependencies, but these efforts could take years.
—Washington Post Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
This is why nations must rapidly work toward an ability to develop, control, and deploy AI infrastructure without external dependencies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Security Risks Relying on AI assistants like Copilot poses security risks, such as injecting vulnerabilities, hardcoded secrets and insecure dependencies.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Dependencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependencies. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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