dependencies

plural of dependency
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 But political will in Washington to reduce dependencies on China in the power stack is rising, Iyer added. Kai Nicol-Schwarz,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 This is where choices about models, vendors or agents can become dependencies, shaping business outcomes long after whoever chose them has moved on. Atul Sabharwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Once tasks are entered, Project can automatically calculate start and end dates based on dependencies. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2026 Toxic candidates, from our experience, often easily answer questions about successes and strengths but struggle with those about about failures, dependencies, and how others experienced working with them. Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026 The resulting dependencies on China would cause the United States and its partners to slide down the global value chain into real estate, tourism, commodities, finance, and perhaps transnational tax evasion. Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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dependences
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  • So, here was Ondaatje just writing about his day-t0-day, grappling with the intense swings of emotion any parent must reckon with as their children grow into autonomy, forever leaving behind the heartbreakingly sweet (and frequently tedious) dependences of childhood.
    Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026

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“Dependencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependencies. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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