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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About the Technology The new AI engine is designed to automatically interprets goals, constraints, and deliverables to generate structured project plans — complete with milestones, dependencies, and timelines.
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Maria Williams, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
By playing through likely as well as merely plausible scenarios and modeling their impact on supply chains, companies can detect critical dependencies and explore ways to diversify supplier relationships or sales markets.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Among the allegations, the USTR determined that China uses state subsidies to lessen competition and create dependencies on the country for non-market entrants.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
Consistency Of Execution Monitor on-time delivery, backlog fluctuation and inter-team dependencies to safeguard velocity.
—Matthew Ross, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 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
Maria Williams, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
By playing through likely as well as merely plausible scenarios and modeling their impact on supply chains, companies can detect critical dependencies and explore ways to diversify supplier relationships or sales markets.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Among the allegations, the USTR determined that China uses state subsidies to lessen competition and create dependencies on the country for non-market entrants.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
Consistency Of Execution Monitor on-time delivery, backlog fluctuation and inter-team dependencies to safeguard velocity.
—Matthew Ross, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 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 28 Oct. 2025.
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