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as in relied
to place reliance or trust
I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it
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Recent Examples of depended
Gomez trained like his next meal depended on it.
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Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
That’s bound to have an impact on the development of young drivers, who have traditionally depended on short tracks to learn their craft the same way baseball players rely on the minor leagues.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
For three decades, websites large and small have depended on search to help build their readership; now they’re caught in a philosophical quagmire.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
The Hoosier cabinet made the kitchen easier to navigate and more accessible to middle-class housewives in particular who had largely depended on housekeepers to run their kitchens.
—Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
As the chief information officer at an academic research institution, my department is depended upon to support a wealth of innovative research projects.
—David Hotchkiss, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Now 30 years old, Dawkins has adopted a work smarter, not harder strategy this season and has depended less on his athleticism to win.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
China and India depended on Central Asia for horses, then a key commodity for their armies and economies.
—David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
Second, the two major parties depended on regional voting blocs, so that a small number of swing states decided the outcomes.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
That’s bound to have an impact on the development of young drivers, who have traditionally depended on short tracks to learn their craft the same way baseball players rely on the minor leagues.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
For three decades, websites large and small have depended on search to help build their readership; now they’re caught in a philosophical quagmire.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
The Hoosier cabinet made the kitchen easier to navigate and more accessible to middle-class housewives in particular who had largely depended on housekeepers to run their kitchens.
—Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
As the chief information officer at an academic research institution, my department is depended upon to support a wealth of innovative research projects.
—David Hotchkiss, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Now 30 years old, Dawkins has adopted a work smarter, not harder strategy this season and has depended less on his athleticism to win.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
China and India depended on Central Asia for horses, then a key commodity for their armies and economies.
—David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
Second, the two major parties depended on regional voting blocs, so that a small number of swing states decided the outcomes.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Depended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depended. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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