increase dependence
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To make the level of reliance greater.
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- The new policy will likely increase the country's dependence on foreign oil.
- Automation in factories tends to increase the dependence on sophisticated software and robotics.
- His irresponsible spending habits only served to increase his financial dependence on his family.
- If we don't diversify, we will increase our dependence on a single supplier, which is risky.
- The prolonged drought has increased the region's dependence on imported food.
- Outsourcing tech support could increase our dependence on external companies for critical operations.
- The government is worried that these subsidies will increase the dependence of farmers on state aid.
- Continually borrowing money will only increase your dependence on loans and credit.
- To avoid increasing their dependence on the central grid, the community invested in solar panels.
- The goal of the therapy is to reduce, not increase, the patient's emotional dependence on others.