Depending
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Humans: Can be either equally likely to be male or female or more likely to be male depending on the needs of the story.
Source: Species Equals Gender -
It could be justified as dogs are carnivorous (or omnivores with a lean towards meat, depending on who you ask) but it's likely they were going for this trope.
Source: Stock Yuck - Being Wrong Genre Savvy can be just as bad as being Genre Blind, and depending on the story and author, I am most likely going to look like a fool or have any number of bad things happen to me.
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Likely and Depending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/depending/likely
Depending & Likely. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/depending/likely>.
Likely or Depending. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/depending/likely.
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