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How to use the word dependents in a Sentence?

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The nature of the encroachment upon American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer; it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, and every day increases the circles of their dependents and expectants, until virtue, integrity, public spirit, simplicity and frugality become the objects of ridicule and scorn, and vanity, luxury, foppery, selfishness, meanness, and downright venality swallow up the whole of society.

– John Adams

added by Normando
1 year ago

The Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, has determined Temporary Lodging( TLA) is necessary for service members and their dependents, and civilians living in housing affected by the current water-related health or safety concerns.

– The Navy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Unfortunately, with the JJ cutoff, there's probably going to be about a 20 % reduction to those surges, and we're still working on those specifics, but the site picture from within Europe for the military members and certainly for the dependents, will be significantly different by the end of May than it is today because we will actually triple our surge capacity.

– Tod Wolters

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Combatant commanders, specifically Tod Wolters and Phil Davidson from INDOPACOM, have both expressed to the Secretary the need to accelerate the flow of vaccines mostly for the dependents of our military members in Europe and for Phil Davidson in the Pacific, and up to this point we've probably been a little bit off balance.

– Tod Wolters

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. When the people give way, their deceivers, betrayers, and destroyers press upon them so fast, that there is no resisting afterwards. The nature of the encroachment upon the American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer, it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited, and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, and every day increases the circles of their dependents and expectants, until virtue, integrity, public spirit, simplicity, and frugality, become the objects of ridicule and scorn, and vanity, luxury, foppery, selfishness, meanness, and downright venality swallow up the whole society.

– John Adams

added by Normando
4 years ago

This would allow us to supply the economy with extra workers to match the inevitably swelling number of dependents.

– David Kelly

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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