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
Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel has warned that capital spending doesn’t automatically improve reliability.
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Joanne Frederick, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2025
The Serbian military officer said both Chinese air defense systems were satisfactory, praising their combat capabilities, performance, reliability, and ease of use and maintenance.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
The support page warns users about the performance and reliability issues that may arise when using Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 after the OS gets phased out in October this year.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
Chargers this slim don’t typically offer this kind of reliability.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Joanne Frederick, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2025
The Serbian military officer said both Chinese air defense systems were satisfactory, praising their combat capabilities, performance, reliability, and ease of use and maintenance.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
The support page warns users about the performance and reliability issues that may arise when using Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 after the OS gets phased out in October this year.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
Chargers this slim don’t typically offer this kind of reliability.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliability
Noun
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Women: 'Plan to destroy Oak Flat will devastate me and my people' Traditionally in Indian Country, women are given the responsibility to pass cultural teachings to the next generation.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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Causes of youth homelessness include family breakdowns, evictions, and cultural beliefs about parental responsibility ending at age 18.—
Ethan Hylton,
IndyStar,
30 July 2025
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Ineffably, Renko’s qualities of solidity and rebelliousness bring my father back to me, and the whole 11-book series, set mostly in Russia (with excursions to Cuba and the Arctic Circle), is a galloping wonder, full of apparatchiks, spies, oligarchs, gangsters, and murders galore.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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But the biggest single factor in the improvement under Pereira has been defensive solidity, which has stemmed primarily from three factors.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Reliability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliability. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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