How to Use dependency in a Sentence

dependency

noun

• Lebanon is grappling with a crippling energy crisis made worse by its dependency on fuel imports.
  — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2021
• Hala was candid about her dependencies, sometimes openly swigging from a liquor bottle.
  — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
• Although Jersey is about 14 miles off the French coast, the island is a British crown dependency.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• Could a bleaker screen curb my own digital dependency, a habit the pandemic has only exacerbated?
  — Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2021
• An energy price shock is serving as a reminder of the world’s continued dependency on fossil fuels—even amid efforts to shift to renewable sources of energy.
  — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021
• Taylor's weight gain was attributed to a back injury from her childhood, her struggles with alcohol dependency and her changing lifestyle in her 40s.
  — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
• The resulting dependency is leveraged to persuade victims that their money is cursed and only safe with the psychic, and that more money is owed because the task is taking longer than expected.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• The risk of developing a dependency on opioids rises sharply after only five days of use, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2021
• Many businesses are now diversifying their supplier base, moving away from a single-source or single-region dependency to a multi-source approach.
  — Dave Evans, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• There’s no dependency here, and no one else who can get me home, but me.
  — Emily Zebel, Longreads, 23 May 2024
• Williams had been open about his struggles with drug dependency in the past.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
• That dependency is in the past, and so are some more brutal killing methods.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Apr. 2022
• The changes come as the nation rethinks its dependency on cars.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
• Long distances became the norm, long commutes a habit, and car dependency the rule.
  — Carlos Moreno, Fortune, 7 May 2024
• At the same time, the lessons of the last few years have made clear that there’s no silver bullet to curtailing the world’s dependency on China.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• At the same time, with all such adaptations, it is cramped by that dependency and the need to color more or less within the lines of what did occur.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• An author would need to contact the company to take over one of those dependencies at this point.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 1 July 2024
• The European Union is trying to wean itself off Russian gas in a response to the war in Ukraine, with a plan to cut dependency by two thirds this year.
  — Arne Delfs, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• The closures helped Moseson, who lives off Lower Great Highway, ween her from her car dependency.
  — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2022
• Europe gets 40% of its gas and 25% of its oil from Russia, and since the war, has scrambled to set out proposals to reduce its dependency.
  — Fox News, 28 Mar. 2022
• Our clients are moving away from a dependency on one country.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2022
• The flared soles increase your dependency on the cushioning to absorb shock.
  — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
• Summers said that kind of dependency did not exist in the U.S., and could prove to be the difference between a severe recession and a mild one.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2022
• The dependency on commodities can lead to boom-and-bust cycles because their prices swing with changes in supply and demand.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Fashion doesn’t have the same remit, of course, but its reliance on the past and dependency on nostalgia finds it in a repeat-rewind pattern.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 11 July 2024
• The dependency on video calls in virtual work settings has increased tenfold, and that gives rise to the big question of Zoom backgrounds.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022
• The dependency on cars is clear in Metro’s own ridership numbers.
  — Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• Achieve a green oil-dependency along the lines of contemporary Europe.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 2022
• The dependency on fossil fuel, is something people are starting to get much more aware of.
  — Ed Garsten, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• Other risks include brain damage, anemia, nerve damage, paralysis, vitamin B12 deficiency and nitrous oxide dependency.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024