How to Use dependency in a Sentence

dependency

noun

• In many ways, the sense locally now is that economic dependency on visitors must cease.
  — Michele Bigley, TIME, 25 July 2024
• As the world moves away from fossil fuels, the global dependency on Russia’s oil and natural gas also subsides.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
• Meanwhile, Europe has laid out an ambitious goal to decrease its dependency on Russian gas by half within a year.
  — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2022
• Hillsong said Houston had developed a dependency on sleeping pills and was under the influence at the time of the incident.
  — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 23 Mar. 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
• 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
• Russia supplies around 40% of the EU’s natural gas, a dependency that has cast a shadow over Europe’s response to the war.
  — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But Europe’s dependency on Russian gas, built up over decades, is proving hard to roll back quickly.
  — New York Times, 16 June 2022
• The question speaks to one of the most fragile dependencies in today’s online media ecosystem.
  — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 14 May 2024
• Europe is breaking away from dependency on Putin for gas.
  — Amy Gunia / Koror, Time, 18 Apr. 2022
• The report states that the EU could cut its dependency on Russian gas while meeting global climate targets.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022
• By always being ready to search the web and communicate, it is supposed to quash dependency on smartphones.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• This has led to the newfound dependency on tools like automation.
  — Lior Elazary, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• This autonomy is essential for breaking free from situations of dependency, whether in relationships, workplaces, or other aspects of life.
  — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024