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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of depend.

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Examples

  • For the consumer, this choice to either rent or purchase a title depended on pricing and desire, and the same factors apply to the DVD business today.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • For the consumer, this choice to either rent or purchase a title depended on pricing and desire, and the same factors apply to the DVD business today.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • For the consumer, this choice to either rent or purchase a title depended on pricing and desire, and the same factors apply to the DVD business today.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • For the consumer, this choice to either rent or purchase a title depended on pricing and desire, and the same factors apply to the DVD business today.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • When the stoppage came at 2: 36 it seemed a little premature as champion Appleby hung on to Lindsay as if his title depended on it - and it did.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • The interpretation of this term depended on one's point of view, she said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • I was forced to give up thousands of dollars in depended deductions simply because this benighted society will not allow me to marry the dogs, cats and birds that I love and that share myhome.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010

  • As a seafaring nation, Britain depended on accurate navigation, and determining longitude on the open ocean depended on comparing local time to the time in a place where the longitude was known.

    Big Time: The British Pocket Watch Jonathon Keats 2010

  • We are hoping Hillary runs in depended so she can take the vote from Obama and McCain ...

    Warner and Kaine to campaign with Obama in Virginia 2008

  • But Lockheed Martin depended more heavily on defense contracting, and had more at stake.

    Uncle Sam Buys an Airplane 2002

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