Examples of reliant in a Sentence
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Last season, Boyd missed the first seven games with a leg injury and then had a supporting role on a team that became reliant — too reliant, some say — on ball-dominant guard Johnell Davis.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The neighborhood's modern identity stems from the post-war history of the area, but its continuous development is heavily reliant on today's youth culture trends.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
The launch of the Watcher subscription service is so the company is less reliant on advertising revenue.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
Where Williams was most magical when making something out of nothing, Moss is more of a tactician, reliant on his football IQ and his processing in the pocket to make an offense move.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Apple’s decision to build up its manufacturing in Vietnam coincides with a prolonged initiative from the iPhone maker to make its supply chain less reliant on China—a process that has been years in the making since the pandemic era supply-chain disruptions caused numerous headaches for Apple.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
Rogers is no longer reliant on confessional first-person writing.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Ukraine is reliant on its Western partners for weapons, but a $60 billion security package from the United States has been stalled in Congress for six months.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
But the Russians have been unable to produce enough new equipment to replace their losses and are reliant on dwindling Soviet-era stocks.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The neighborhood's modern identity stems from the post-war history of the area, but its continuous development is heavily reliant on today's youth culture trends.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
The launch of the Watcher subscription service is so the company is less reliant on advertising revenue.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
Where Williams was most magical when making something out of nothing, Moss is more of a tactician, reliant on his football IQ and his processing in the pocket to make an offense move.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Apple’s decision to build up its manufacturing in Vietnam coincides with a prolonged initiative from the iPhone maker to make its supply chain less reliant on China—a process that has been years in the making since the pandemic era supply-chain disruptions caused numerous headaches for Apple.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
Rogers is no longer reliant on confessional first-person writing.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Ukraine is reliant on its Western partners for weapons, but a $60 billion security package from the United States has been stalled in Congress for six months.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
But the Russians have been unable to produce enough new equipment to replace their losses and are reliant on dwindling Soviet-era stocks.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Reliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reliant. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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reliant
adjective
re·li·ant
ri-ˈlī-ənt 
: having reliance on something or someone : trusting
reliant on the family for news
reliantly
adverb
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