How to Use dependency in a Sentence

dependency

noun

• No one liked to talk about the high-dependency residents, who lived on the third floor.
  — Rachel Heng, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
• The rangers also limit these handouts to just 10 percent of a dolphin’s daily intake in order to dissuade food dependency.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2021
• This dependency has put a strain on our relationship with them and with each other, as my husband and I have different opinions on how to address the situation.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2024
• There’s no dependency here, and no one else who can get me home, but me.
  — Emily Zebel, Longreads, 23 May 2024
• Williams has been open about his struggles with drug dependency in the past.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 6 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Although Jersey is about 14 miles off the French coast, the island is a British crown dependency.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• The trailer introduces a new Neo (Keanu Reeves) who has a blue pill dependency and thinks the events of the previous films are just dreams.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 9 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Nowadays, as a crown dependency, the Isle of Man is protected and represented by the U.K., but isn’t part of it.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• 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
• The greater the dependency, the higher likelihood of such a breach occurring.
  — Abdul Subhani, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• 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
• However, not all European countries have been successful in ending their energy dependency on Russia.
  — Daniel Markind, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
• The root of the anxiety surrounding Y2K, and perhaps its enduring resonance, is a recognition of precisely this dependency—which has only grown over time.
  — Zachary Loeb / Made By History, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Jan 2025