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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
Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The low-key, summer-only ski spot doesn’t usually make much of a splash—often because its ability to open is dependent on a handful of factors that can’t be confirmed until the last minute.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
One leading proposal to ban congressional stock trading is the Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act, which would require not only sitting members themselves but also their spouses and dependents to put certain kinds of investment assets into a blind trust.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 14 May 2025
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Adjective
But his comfort about the idea is dependent on several factors and there's a month of conversation and eventual negotiations ahead with competing agendas in the mix.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The low-key, summer-only ski spot doesn’t usually make much of a splash—often because its ability to open is dependent on a handful of factors that can’t be confirmed until the last minute.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
Noun
The proposal would require people between 19 and 64 who don’t have dependents and aren’t pregnant to work, volunteer or attend school or job training for at least 80 hours per month.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
One leading proposal to ban congressional stock trading is the Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act, which would require not only sitting members themselves but also their spouses and dependents to put certain kinds of investment assets into a blind trust.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dependent
Adjective
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He was granted conditional bail and is scheduled to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on June 11.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Florida acquired Jones from Chicago for backup goalie Spencer Knight and a conditional 2026 first-round pick on March 1.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The unfortunate truth is that blueberries can carry all sorts of unwanted guests, from dirt and debris, tiny bugs like aphids or fruit flies, pesticide residue, bacteria like E. coli, Salmonella, or Listeria, mold spores, and even parasites.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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That setting could help preserve it by protecting it from natural degradation caused by parasites and other organisms.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
15 May 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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This weekend’s tentative agreement is the second time the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit management have shook hands on a wage bump.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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New Jersey Transit and the union representing its train engineers reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the state's first statewide rail strike in over 40 years.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The uncertainty of global tariffs, exploding trade war with China, and endless attacks on European nations as parasitic leeches on the U.S. economy mark the demise of the trans-Atlantic alliance.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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There are a handful of schools with about 2,000 children within a half-mile of ground zero of the toxic Tijuana River, the place where a swamp gas leeches out and spreads over our neighborhoods.—
Tom Csanidi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Simply put, some animals don’t like moochers.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 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
Noun
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The central pool has clusters of coral and sponges, attracting dozens of types of tropical fish.—
Erik Trinidad,
Travel + Leisure,
21 May 2025
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Benny’s presented as an overachieving sponge, absorbing contradictory messages about how he is supposed to live in society from both masc frat culture, which tells him to repress, and the relatively more progressive music and films he’s become obsessed with, which tell him to, uh, slay.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
15 May 2025
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Brought audiences a unique view of the hangers-on around big stars and unleashed the immortal character of agent Ari Gold played by Jeremy Piven.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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In the first half of Hurry Up Tomorrow, Tesfaye worries about his ever-weakening voice amid a relentless tour cycle where he’s tormented and inundated with partying hangers-on and lewd friend turned manager Lee (Barry Keoghan).—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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“Dependent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependent. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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