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How to use the word dependent in a Sentence? Page #8

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We need to keep the locks running, a lot of people are dependent on the rivers for their livelihood.

Paul Rhode

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I think the United States can show itself as a benevolent country by exporting energy and by helping countries that don’t have adequate supplies become more self-sufficient and less dependent and less threatened.

James Jones

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

All the growth in this country is dependent on relations with the other countries -- European countries, United States, all the countries.

Hassan Rahmani

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I start work in here at 7 a.m. and then work right through to sometimes eight at night. But overall I am so very lucky as an asthmatic whose parents said that I would always be dependent on them to still be doing it, and finally, I think I need to do it, therapeutically. If we go on holiday, I'm no good at lying on the beach. So there's that driving force, and I'd hate to lose that.

Wolfgang TillmansLawsuits

Found on CNN
7 years ago

What would you say if you blanked out the words rare earth and said, ‘How would you feel about being totally dependent on a product from a potential adversary whose use is ubiquitous in your defense industry and everyday products like smartphone?

Anthony Marchese

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The bottom line with subjective refraction is, it's dependent on how the patient is responding, i'm very confident in how our practitioners and how ophthalmologists who work with us prescribe prescriptions in the end.

Steven Lee

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Who thinks the Department of Energy has the expertise to predict which companies will succeed for fail in the marketplace, particularly in an industry that is not only dependent upon government subsidies, but is highly unpredictable?

William Yeatman

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I love people wholeheartedly, but my quality of life is not dependent upon whether or not they like, love, or approve of me.

Cat Ellington

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Only two unhappy people can be happy with each other, because they are dependent on the 'other' for happiness. Only an INDIVIDUAL relishes in his own presence, the 'other' is a hindrance to his freedom. He doesn't fit with the society, he stands out from the mediocre, he lives in 'totality' and celebrates in aloneness.

Ramana Pemmaraju

added by Ramana Pemmaraju
7 years ago

Even though the principles are clear, how one does that is highly dependent on the coordination of emergency medical services and the network of hospitals in the region.

Christopher Granger

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

But all that is dependent on the cancellation of the visa requirement for our citizens, which is also an item in the agreement of March 18, if visa liberalization does not follow, we will be forced to back away from the deal on taking back (refugees) and the agreement of March 18.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We are rapidly moving towards an Internet-dependent economy, where opportunities such as flexible working hours and more effective ways to find riders and drivers are only made possible with the efficient transfer of information.

Laurence Cua

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We often talk about Social Security reform in the context of retirement, the fact of the matter is that skews our understanding of who the program serves. Social Security serves people of all ages, from birth to death - and the number of dependent children is too often ignored.

Maya Rockeymoore

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Water has been the main problem for people in these dry-land areas, but with innovative water harvesting techniques, most of them have become food secure and not dependent on aid any longer.

Matheka Cornelius Kyalo

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Building the Huffington Post, I had bought into the mythology that everything was dependent on me -- and that I had to do everything at the expense of sleep, health.

Arianna Huffington

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Some industries are very dependent on them (commodities). Fortunately for us we're not.

Brian Gouldie

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Many of the facilities without a continuous supply of water are often dependent on collecting rain water during the rainy season, prolonged droughts could cause this source of water to become more difficult to use. This includes the lack of water to clean instruments, wash lines and gowns, and clean patient wards.

Adam Kushner

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We are fully dependent on rainfall for our cultivation, and we are hit badly when it is delayed or there is a drought, even if we hire a pump and get water, it isn't enough.

Romesh Kalita

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Turkey would very much like to diversify its energy imports and resources, they don't want to be dependent on one source, or two sources of energy.

Yuval Steinitz

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They need other sources, reliable sources, of gas, we have an interest to export Israeli gas and to have export options - not to be totally dependent on one country for our exports. So it's a very good opportunity here.

Yuval Steinitz

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

There is nothing to concede, secretary Clinton will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to win the Democratic nomination. She will be dependent on superdelegates.

Dick Durbin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Market pricing for upcoming rate hikes is certainly being supported by the stronger April personal income and spending numbers this morning, if the Fed is really data-dependent and looking at growth momentum, these numbers would do very well for GDP (gross domestic product) tracking and that's helping push yields higher.

Gennadiy Goldberg

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Diversification is key, the speed with which previously oil-dependent countries embrace diversification will be a factor in how well they thrive during the energy transition that is now underway.

Rachel Kyte

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I'm not against talks with Turkey but I think it's dangerous to become so dependent on Ankara.

Horst Seehofer

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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