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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
Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
Often, the contents of that pot are dependent on who the team’s rival is that day.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Parents may act like friends or dependents instead of authority figures, and children may be forced to take on adult responsibilities.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
International funding to repair infrastructure was dependent on the political process becoming free and fair in the eyes of foreign observers.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
Often, the contents of that pot are dependent on who the team’s rival is that day.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
Only full-time federal employees, or their spouses and minor children or dependents, are eligible persons who can use the CD mechanism.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Parents may act like friends or dependents instead of authority figures, and children may be forced to take on adult responsibilities.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
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Newsom's office didn't immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment about Johnson's and other Republicans' remarks about conditional aid on Monday.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Unlike a conditional discharge, which requires defendants to meet certain conditions like maintaining employment or paying restitution, an unconditional discharge has no such requirements.—
Kate Christobek,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The parasite then feeds on the fish’s body fluids; to keep the juices flowing, the sea lamprey secrets an enzyme that prevents its host's blood from clotting.—
Paul A. Smith,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis, the disfiguring parasite that causes a condition commonly known as elephantiasis.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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
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This playful hanging figure will give your trick-or-treaters and guests a laugh instead of a fright.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2023
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At the time, the FDA placed Red Dye No. 3 on a provisional list for all uses—including those two separate food and cosmetics categories—with tentative approval pending further evaluation.—
Ali Francis,
Bon Appétit,
15 Jan. 2025
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The tentative agreement is nonetheless a victory for the foreign-policy teams of Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who worked in tandem with regional partners Qatar and Egypt to bring it about.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan. 2025
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People are going to bail on the subscription model like a dog shaking off leeches.—
Ron Hart,
SPIN,
10 Jan. 2025
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Roving like hungry jackals, smallmouth bass will move down and along drop-offs, hunting for the holdout crayfish, leeches, and insects along their way.—
Kubie Brown,
Outdoor Life,
3 Oct. 2024
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Things take a turn when Smokey's drug supplier demands $200 by 10 PM or they'll be killed, but the pair is easily distracted by conflicts with the resident bully, Craig's jealous girlfriend, and various neighborhood moochers and petty criminals.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2024
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The hikes, which go into effect on September 1, are part of a larger effort to crack down on membership moochers and boost revenue for the warehouse chain.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
11 July 2024
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Closer to shore and shallower, the wreck of the Red Sea is covered with urchins and sponges and is home to goliath groupers that tip the scales over 300 pounds.—
Terry Ward,
Outside Online,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Russian-German painter Alexej von Jawlensky was something of a sponge.—
Harry Seymour,
airmail.news,
18 Jan. 2025
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The disaffected machismo of Nadie seemed to exhaust the man taunting haters and hangers-on.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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The party guests—the artist-honorees and their partners, collectors, museum trustees, funders, and hangers-on—were clad in their finest evening attire, clinking champagne flutes and posing for pictures at a pre-dinner reception on The Shed’s fourth floor.—
Helen Holmes,
ARTnews.com,
19 Nov. 2024
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“Dependent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependent. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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