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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
Simon Moore, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
That’s because resilience is dependent on the ability to change course when necessary, embrace imperfection, and learn from the unexpected.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 4 Jan. 2025
Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The bill, named the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act, would prohibit members of Congress and their spouses and dependents from purchasing or selling certain investments, such as individual stocks.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Economic Unknowns For 2025 Of course, the FOMC emphasizes that their decisions are data dependent.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
That’s because resilience is dependent on the ability to change course when necessary, embrace imperfection, and learn from the unexpected.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 4 Jan. 2025
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Active-duty military, their spouse or dependents covered by the Military Lending Act (MLA) may not pledge any vehicle as collateral.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The bill, named the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act, would prohibit members of Congress and their spouses and dependents from purchasing or selling certain investments, such as individual stocks.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that symptoms of Guinea worm disease, caused by consuming the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, might not manifest until a year after infection.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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To some, these new arrivals were symptoms of rot – parasites attaching themselves to a dying host.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 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
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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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Dockworkers along the East Coast and Gulf Coast reached a tentative agreement Tuesday with the United States Maritime Alliance, according to multiple reports, possibly avoiding another strike ahead of the January 15 deadline to reach a new contract largely focused on automation.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The strike ended after the two sides reached a tentative agreement for a 62% wage increase for ILA members over the next six years and an extension to Jan. 15 to negotiate terms for automation equipment at the ports.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 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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Punk and Emo, the forerunners of today’s worm-mollusks, lived on the dark seafloor amid gardens of sponges, nearly 200 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged on land.Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Add the detergent to the water then dip the sponge or cloth in the water and get to work on the spot.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 2 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 21 Jan. 2025.
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