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The resolution, though tabled, sparked concerns about racial profiling and economic consequences in a city heavily reliant on immigrant labor.
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Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The business may allow Anguilla to diversify its economy, which is largely reliant on tourism dollars at risk each hurricane season.
—semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to being less dynamic, the job market has become increasingly reliant upon a select few industries — primarily health care, with leisure and hospitality to a lesser extent — to drive overall employment growth.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
If the arrivals of Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike should make an already potent forward line even better and less reliant on the brilliance of Mohamed Salah, the signings of Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong revamped Liverpool’s options at full-back.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The business may allow Anguilla to diversify its economy, which is largely reliant on tourism dollars at risk each hurricane season.
—semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to being less dynamic, the job market has become increasingly reliant upon a select few industries — primarily health care, with leisure and hospitality to a lesser extent — to drive overall employment growth.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
If the arrivals of Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike should make an already potent forward line even better and less reliant on the brilliance of Mohamed Salah, the signings of Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong revamped Liverpool’s options at full-back.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Reliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reliant. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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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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