relied; relying
1
: to be dependent
the system on which we rely for water
2
: to have confidence based on experience
someone you can rely on
Examples of rely in a Sentence
rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives
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Top — rely on the professionalism of writers with second-to-none feedback from customers on the site.
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Steven Larue, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
As part of a national program to engage older voters in the months before the election, the campaign will hold events to convince them that Biden will fight for programs like Social Security and Medicare that older people rely on.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 11 June 2024
The study of the 26 downtowns partly relied on cell phone data collected by the company Placer.ai, and found a relationship between the likelihood of someone's return to office and the distance of their commute.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 11 June 2024
Apple says this technology will rely on a semantic index that can parse various attributes from the files on your device to understand everything from what’s in your photos to your relationships with your contacts.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 11 June 2024
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Steven Larue, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
As part of a national program to engage older voters in the months before the election, the campaign will hold events to convince them that Biden will fight for programs like Social Security and Medicare that older people rely on.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 11 June 2024
The study of the 26 downtowns partly relied on cell phone data collected by the company Placer.ai, and found a relationship between the likelihood of someone's return to office and the distance of their commute.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 11 June 2024
Apple says this technology will rely on a semantic index that can parse various attributes from the files on your device to understand everything from what’s in your photos to your relationships with your contacts.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 11 June 2024
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“Rely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rely. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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rely
verb
re·ly
ri-ˈlī 
relied; relying
1
: to have confidence based on experience
someone you can rely on
2
: to be dependent
the system on which we rely for water
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