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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
The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Adding to the challenges, many colleges are financially dependent on international students, who typically pay full tuition.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
As writer Ron Boone of Timonium also observed, seniors with no dependents who itemize deductions due to large medical expenses would be unable to use these deductions for tax purposes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Instead, visitor numbers are merely dependent on a wide array of factors, including museum programming.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Adding to the challenges, many colleges are financially dependent on international students, who typically pay full tuition.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
The numbers cited are for two adults with no dependents.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
As writer Ron Boone of Timonium also observed, seniors with no dependents who itemize deductions due to large medical expenses would be unable to use these deductions for tax purposes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dependent
Adjective
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For shoppers, this means any impact on food prices is likely to be delayed, uneven, and conditional.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Certain potential new investors viewed any deal as conditional, subject to the due diligence that accompanies any large transaction.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At-home test tackles three most common STIs Chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis are three of the most prevalent STIs in the U.S. Both chlamydia and gonorrhea are bacterial infections, while trichomoniasis is caused by a parasite.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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The tropical variety develops a parasite that can make butterflies sick and unable to reproduce.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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
Adjective
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On top of that, unions still have to negotiate sufficient salary increases such that members will ratify the contract when the parties reach a tentative agreement.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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At a City Hall news conference Tuesday, the mayor took a victory lap over the tentative deal while hinting at his next steps for the financial conundrum that remains on his desk.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Americans know the federal government is squandering too many of their dollars on low-return programs, allowing too much of their money to be siphoned off by grifters and supporting too many leeches who are bleeding taxpayers dry.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2025
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Are you surrounded by individuals who drain your energy (i.e., leeches and loafers)?—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Creating a tower of sponge with knafeh proved challenging, though.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sea Salt Slide Tin $6 Jacobsen Salt Co. A clean sponge Anyone else grossed out at the thought of using the mystery sponge that’s been sitting in your Airbnb’s sink for God knows how long?—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In a government that is already owned and operated by far-right cranks and hangers-on, Bongino can only do so much damage on his own.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Hackett, his bungalow neighbor Faye Greener (Karen Black), her vaudevillian has-been father (Burgess Meredith), assorted whores, hangers-on, venal studio executives, and a WASPy lunk — auspiciously named Homer Simpson (Donald Sutherland) — suckered by Hollywood’s erotic promise.—
Armond White,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Dependent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependent. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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