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as in anchor
something or someone to which one looks for support
he's been the family's foremost reliance in times of trouble many times
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as in dependency
the quality or state of needing something or someone
a baby's reliance on her parents his reliance on his next-door neighbor for all the local gossip
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Recent Examples of reliance
This is the first time Apple has used its own modem on an iPhone, reducing its reliance on Intel or Qualcomm for cellular connectivity.
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Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025
Sourcing the minerals from Ukraine would reduce future reliance on Russia and China.
—Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Nine of 10 respondents said Canada should reduce its reliance on the United States.
—Kate Linthicum and Denis Calnan Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 16 Feb. 2025
As widely expected, the White House has run out of patience for Europe's reliance on Washington to carry the bulk of the burden with defense spending.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025
Sourcing the minerals from Ukraine would reduce future reliance on Russia and China.
—Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Nine of 10 respondents said Canada should reduce its reliance on the United States.
—Kate Linthicum and Denis Calnan Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 16 Feb. 2025
As widely expected, the White House has run out of patience for Europe's reliance on Washington to carry the bulk of the burden with defense spending.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliance
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Other prominent commencement speakers who’ve been recently announced include actress Jane Seymour at High Point University, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) at Albion College, Today show anchor Al Roker at Siena College, and Grammy-winning performer Usher at Emory University . .—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Each anchor has a channel with two upward-bent grooves.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Those calls could include requests for help with mental health crises, drug and chemical dependencies, memory care and senior care issues.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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The result is a system that makes traditional notions of childhood – with its unwieldy dependencies, its inefficient play and its demands for attention and care – increasingly untenable.—
Anna Mae Duane,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Potential Positives Of Tariffs There is a potential that U.S. companies will increase domestic development of products and reduce international dependence.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Beijing's concerted efforts in recent years to greatly reduce its dependence on U.S supplies has put it in a stronger position to target U.S farm goods with less impact to its food security and greater harm to U.S farmers compared to a 2018 trade war during Trump's first administration.—
Mei Mei Chu and Ella Cao,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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Nvidia, the leader in the AI chip space, has been the backbone of the Mag 7′s performance over the past couple of years, with its stock surging nearly 1,800% over five years due to the AI boom.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Restoring power proved to be more problematic in the country's north, where a fault in a backbone transmission line first triggered the outage that set off a chain reaction of power plant and transmission line shutdowns across the South American nation.—
NAYARA BATSCHKE AND MATIAS BASUALDO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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By focusing on these 13 key pillars, India is weaving a future where tradition meets technology, and growth is inclusive and sustainable.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The nation also has a strong agricultural sector that has traditionally been focused on sugar, citrus and bananas, while more recently economic pillars are financial services and business process outsourcing (BPO).—
Panorama Media Ltd.,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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His facial contortions and cramped muscles, increasing incrementally as his condition worsens, are essential — and punishing — elements of the performance, but Redmayne doesn't rely on them as a crutch.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Businesses that embrace the new content quality paradigm use AI as a tool (not a crutch) and prioritize high-value backlinks will have a clear edge.—
Nick Zviadadze,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Reliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliance. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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