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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
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday launching a national security investigation into the U.S. reliance on imports of critical minerals, after China suspended exports of certain rare earth metals and magnets.
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The state’s own fairness studies show that Connecticut’s combined state and municipal tax system disproportionately burdens the poor and middle class, largely due to its reliance on property taxes to fund city and town government services, including K-12 education.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2025
The idea was to reduce the reliance on police and the burden on emergency rooms, while eliminating the stigma of seeking help.
—Samantha Liss | Kff Health News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2025
UConn is different from most teams in its guard reliance.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The state’s own fairness studies show that Connecticut’s combined state and municipal tax system disproportionately burdens the poor and middle class, largely due to its reliance on property taxes to fund city and town government services, including K-12 education.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2025
The idea was to reduce the reliance on police and the burden on emergency rooms, while eliminating the stigma of seeking help.
—Samantha Liss | Kff Health News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2025
UConn is different from most teams in its guard reliance.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliance
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Most recently a reporter with CBS News Detroit, Andres brings more than a decade of award-winning breaking news reporting and fill-in anchor experience across several markets including Kansas City, Missouri and Dallas, Texas.—
Andres Gutierrez,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Florida’s anchor senior Riley McCusker, posted a 9.8625 and the final scores were in.—
Henry Chappell,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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By implementing regenerative agricultural practices, SRI focuses on enhancing soil health, conserving biodiversity, reducing chemical dependency, and promoting water conservation.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Apr. 2025
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Cutting China out of the supply chain removes a critical dependency.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs from Trump's first term and former President Joe Biden's technological restrictions on Chinese companies have pushed the tech giant to diversify its dependence on Chinese manufacturing.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Bayern need to better equip themselves to protect their best qualities and ease their dependence on a small number of players.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Through much of the 20th century, California’s salmon fishery formed the economic backbone of coastal fishing ports, with fishers using hook and line pulling in millions of pounds in good years.—
Alastair Bland | CalMatters,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Anger and animosity are why fans clamor for the addition of short tracks on the schedule, and the backbone to why Bristol was once one of the hottest tickets in sports with a streak of selling out 55 consecutive races.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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After so much death, the Millers, pillars of the Jackson community, now have a 5-year-old son, Benjamin (Ezra Benedict Agbonkhese).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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In short, science reveals that sleep is a pillar of human overall health.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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But the ubiquitous walls of video are a crutch in Cromer’s leaden production, creating a static disconnect between Clooney and the audience in moments that should feel the most urgently personal.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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These absences, these crutches so often used to share the team’s load, were only compounded by the woeful start that Leeds made.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Reliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliance. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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