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Recent Examples of depend
As far as how often to use hair oil, this also depends on your hair type, says Amy Huson, owner of Rose Salon in Venice, California.
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Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
5 July 2026
A lot of gardening success depends on what is happening below the surface.
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Lauren David,
Southern Living,
5 July 2026
However, the ideal amount of each depends on individual health status and goals.
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Verywell Health,
5 July 2026
That depends on how many women do well in offices, and how many women win offices and are appointed.
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NBC news,
5 July 2026
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Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
5 July 2026
A lot of gardening success depends on what is happening below the surface.
—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
5 July 2026
However, the ideal amount of each depends on individual health status and goals.
—
Verywell Health,
5 July 2026
That depends on how many women do well in offices, and how many women win offices and are appointed.
—
NBC news,
5 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depend
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Dickinson and his wife, Mary, were the namesakes for the first college — based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania — chartered after the founding of the United States.
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Cage’s score is an abstract work based on the Japanese form of collective poetry known as renga, in which each poet attempts to write a line that is as distant as possible in meaning from the preceding line.
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Rodríguez denied those claims, saying some remote areas were difficult to reach because roads were blocked by landslides and debris, forcing authorities to rely on motorcycles, drones and satellite imagery.
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Unlike conventional ion traps that rely on oscillating radio-frequency fields, the Penning trap uses static electric and magnetic fields.
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Some critics on social media counter that the gatherings risk turning spirituality into spectacle, performance and commodity all at once.
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The patriotic ball drop is scheduled to air at midnight ET on CNN as July 3 turns into July 4 in Times Square.
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The department’s definition laid out several criteria used to weigh if degrees count as professional programs.
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States can still count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a blow to Republicans who had pushed for stricter regulations.
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The best finds have a lid or hinged top to keep food and other picnic essentials covered during transit, but open wicker baskets can be just as useful.
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So many interesting character choices were in play during that battle, and so many different consequences hinged upon its outcome.
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The first stage, from Paris to Lyon, is 467 kilometers long, and takes 17 hours and 45 minutes, riding both day and night.
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The specific irony of something like an Hermès HAC being categorized as hyperfeminine is that the bag was created in the late 19th century as a carryall for horse riding equipment, much like the rest of the brand’s offerings at the time.
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