as in depends
to place reliance or trust
rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives
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Recent Examples of relies
Rather than focusing only on oil prices, which have been extremely volatile this year, investors may be looking toward infrastructure that the world relies on to move energy commodities.
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Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
For reference, roughly 60 percent of global textile production relies on polyester and other synthetic fibers.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Comeaux said the department relies on state support but remains focused on residents' safety.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Anthropic relies heavily on Google Cloud, particularly its tensor processing units, or TPUs, which offer an alternative to NVIDIA’s high-demand GPUs.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
DeGourville figures to be an interesting fit in coach Fred Hoiberg’s five-out offensive system that relies on 3s and drives off closeouts.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Global water woes Ur Rehman points to a number of water disputes draining economic gains, including the Nile River, from which Egypt relies on for 97% of its water supply.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Given Luna’s lack of physical form, the system relies on human employees to operate the shop and interact with customers.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
The company relies on the US government for the largest share of its revenue, with contracts worth close to $900 million with the Pentagon last year, along with smaller contracts for ICE, as well as Treasury and other government agencies, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Government.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
For reference, roughly 60 percent of global textile production relies on polyester and other synthetic fibers.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Comeaux said the department relies on state support but remains focused on residents' safety.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Anthropic relies heavily on Google Cloud, particularly its tensor processing units, or TPUs, which offer an alternative to NVIDIA’s high-demand GPUs.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
DeGourville figures to be an interesting fit in coach Fred Hoiberg’s five-out offensive system that relies on 3s and drives off closeouts.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Global water woes Ur Rehman points to a number of water disputes draining economic gains, including the Nile River, from which Egypt relies on for 97% of its water supply.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Given Luna’s lack of physical form, the system relies on human employees to operate the shop and interact with customers.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
The company relies on the US government for the largest share of its revenue, with contracts worth close to $900 million with the Pentagon last year, along with smaller contracts for ICE, as well as Treasury and other government agencies, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Government.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relies
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Our climate depends on the second half of the rainy season.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Inventory at the Statesmen Market primarily depends on what the Greater Chicago Food Depository has to offer, but there is an online system for Kennedy-King to order select items and quantities from the pantry’s warehouse.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI now counts roughly 800 million weekly active users and is valued at hundreds of billions of dollars, with its for-profit subsidiary now valued at nearly $1 trillion, with a potential IPO that could arrive as early as late 2026 — an outcome Musk’s lawsuit, if successful, could jeopardize.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Musk, the world's richest person, counts $839 billion in wealth, according to Forbes.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Relies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relies. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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