as in reliableness
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence
we never had reason to question the reliability of the park rangers in the event of an emergency
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Recent Examples of reliability
Simmons has the cliche boom-or-bust potential, more than know-what-you’re-getting reliability from, say, George Karlaftis and Trent McDuffie a few years earlier.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
But Vulcan and New Glenn lack the long record of reliability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, and their prices are murky.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
Still, as Europe ponders the reliability of Elon Musk's broadband company Starlink, Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, told the Financial Times that European allies need to choose between U.S. and Chinese satellite internet technology.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Tyler Booker is arguably the best true guard in the draft and would provide immediate day one reliability.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
But Vulcan and New Glenn lack the long record of reliability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, and their prices are murky.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
Still, as Europe ponders the reliability of Elon Musk's broadband company Starlink, Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, told the Financial Times that European allies need to choose between U.S. and Chinese satellite internet technology.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Tyler Booker is arguably the best true guard in the draft and would provide immediate day one reliability.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliability
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When freed from this responsibility, women can pursue education that increases their earning potential by as much as twenty-five percent for each additional year in school.—
Megan Bruneau,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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India linked the attack to Pakistan after a group called Kashmir Resistance claimed responsibility on Telegram.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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Palace were content with staying solid and hitting the visitors on the counter, but that quest for solidity created anxiety.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear suffered by the Brazilian centre-back Bremer in the Champions League tie away to RB Leipzig left Motta without one of his strongest defenders in October and, in time, chipped away at Juventus’ defensive solidity.—
Philip Buckingham,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Reliability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliability. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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