Example Sentences

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Some countries that historically have depended on the Middle East for their natural gas are facing severe shortages today.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

For decades, researchers have depended on indirect computational techniques such as molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations to estimate configurational integrals.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

While public school budgets are largely supported by local property taxes, districts surrounded by untaxed federal forest land have depended upon modest payments from the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Since Sudan's civil war started in 2023, humanitarian agencies have depended on Port Sudan as a gateway to bring in aid, because of its port and the country's only functional international airport.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

It would have puzzled Graham to tell which of these moods he preferred: perhaps it would have depended on which of them he was experiencing at the moment.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward