How to Use dependency in a Sentence

dependency

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  • 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
  • The flared soles increase your dependency on the cushioning to absorb shock.
    — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
  • However, this dependency on the global can be perilous, too.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 31 July 2022
  • 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
  • In the film, this ends up turning around and creating a relationship of absolute dependency.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 18 July 2022
  • Critics have said that financial dependency results in a kind of infantilization.
    — Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • But objections from some countries over the past few days have pushed the bloc to make key concessions, taking into account their varying levels of dependency on gas and levels of storage.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • Doctors typically prescribe the medication for three to six weeks so the patient won’t develop a dependency.
    — Dallas News, 21 July 2022
  • There’s no dependency here, and no one else who can get me home, but me.
    — Emily Zebel, Longreads, 23 May 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
  • Our clients are moving away from a dependency on one country.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Achieve a green oil-dependency along the lines of contemporary Europe.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 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
  • By always being ready to search the web and communicate, it is supposed to quash dependency on smartphones.
    — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The goal is to decrease dependency on other countries, including China, and make the United States a tech leader.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Over time, this dependency on makeup can have adverse effects on one's self-esteem and body image.
    — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Having played a morphine addict in my first play, and doing the research about that—the chemical dependency, the immediate relief—that was a clue to me.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Though efforts to make roads less full of big, heavy cars could reduce both resource dependency and deaths, climate policy has yet to reflect that shift.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
  • And unlike her past songs about love and intimacy, Cyrus largely avoids the self-deprecation and dependency of her past songs on the same subjects.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The disruptions are set to continue because of just how long the lingering dependency on gasoline will last.
    — Chunzi Xu, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2023
  • She’s played by a quietly affecting Candy Dato in what turns out to be a nightmare of dependency.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The drug, Bayer claimed, was not only stronger than morphine but also far less addictive—so much so that it was billed as the antidote to morphine dependency.
    — Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But should permanent dependency be the goal for all homeless persons?
    — Christopher Calton, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
  • Germany has among the highest old-age dependency ratios in Europe.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 May 2024
  • In this new study, researchers studied over 600 patients with heroin dependency, including those who both were and were not in treatment.
    — Dr. Khushali Jhaveri, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Buprenorphine and naloxone are used to treat opioid dependency.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Starting in the 1970s, ethanol was blended into gasoline to reduce dependency on foreign oil.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2022

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