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as in conditional
determined by something else
our going to the movies tonight is dependent on whether or not we have any money left after we eat out
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as in parasite
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Recent Examples of dependent
Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Tann also said the VA fixed an administrative error in January that had been causing duplicate payments for about 15,000 veterans with dependents in fiscal year 2024.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 1 June 2025
Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
But who wants to add on years only to spend them struggling to move, dependent on others and unable to enjoy basic activities?
—Jessica Dulong, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
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Adjective
Soliman applied for asylum in September 2022, listing his family as dependents, according to DHS.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Tann also said the VA fixed an administrative error in January that had been causing duplicate payments for about 15,000 veterans with dependents in fiscal year 2024.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 1 June 2025
Noun
If, as seems likely, these planets are first populated by private companies such as SpaceX, then off-planet settlers would be dependent on their corporate sponsors for food, air, and life-sustaining technology.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
But who wants to add on years only to spend them struggling to move, dependent on others and unable to enjoy basic activities?
—Jessica Dulong, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dependent
Adjective
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The Blackhawks sent Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers for goaltender Spencer Knight and a conditional 2026 first-round draft pick in March, and also agreed to pay 26% of his average salary of $9.5 million for the remaining five years on Jones’ contract.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Tools like Open Policy Agent (OPA) and HashiCorp Sentinel are increasingly being used to enforce conditional controls—e.g., permitting public access to a service only if logging and throttling are enabled.—
Matthew Sweeney,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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The knowledge that my life only matters as a body for labor feeds on my heart like a parasite.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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The analysis also unveiled other species of bacteria and a parasite which had all previously been unknown to science.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.—
Micaela Arnett,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Most recently, in May 2025, the Communication Workers of America reached a tentative contract agreement for quality assurance testers at the video game studio ZeniMax Media (a Microsoft subsidiary).—
Oludolapo Makinde,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Finally, a friend got back to me with a tentative lead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Noun
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For months, researchers returned to a single cave in southern China to collect an unusual kind of leech.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2025
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Ground Control is set deeper in the depths of the Quarry, where players pop leech pods like pimples to find irradiated pearls to shove into a cart.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2025
Noun
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But poor people on Medicaid or food stamps, according to this administration, those are the real moochers in this country.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Simply put, some animals don’t like moochers.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Avoid scrubbing the microwave’s interior with rough materials like steel wool or abrasive sponges.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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But, for the most part, a nice guy and a top-notch pain sponge.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Financial literacy is a fundamental need for players making tens of millions of dollars, engulfed in a universe of scheming advisors and hangers-on looking to cash in.—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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His attorneys portrayed his accusers as Hollywood wannabes and hangers-on who willingly hooked up with him to court opportunity, then recast the encounters as crimes years later to collect settlement funds and #MeToo approbation.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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“Dependent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependent. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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