How to Use reliance in a Sentence

reliance

noun

• The politician raised here shares a heavy reliance on both.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
• New aliens may pop up from time to time, but its reliance on the same threats—Daleks!
  — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
• Barnes said the tight end reliance is one of the NFL-like wrinkles of this Utah offense.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2021
• Of course, the reliance on state funds can lead to volatility.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 May 2022
• In the end, though, this reliance on wealthy clients came back to haunt First Republic.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• Dungey said that was changing, as was the reliance on tried and tested IP.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
• The duo and their group are seeking to end the world's reliance on fossil fuels.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 10 May 2024
• First to go was the reliance on CGI that hobbled the Brosnan entries.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2022
• In my use, the biggest issue with the design is the reliance on the rear exhaust that runs right along the hinge edge of the laptop.
  — PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
• The reliance on wild seaweed has caused headaches for labs before.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
• Such heavy reliance on a single type of math problem is risky.
  — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
• After years of false starts, the move away from a reliance on oil is finally in full swing.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2022
• Self-reliance and a quick eye for his surroundings were means to survival — and so was art.
  — Andy Grundberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
• The more ambiguous the input, the greater the reliance on prior knowledge.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021
• The Sox’ reliance on Crawford came on the heels of what was his worst appearance of the season last week against the Royals.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022
• But Hanke fears that over-reliance on lifting rates is where the trouble lies.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022
• The reliance on volunteers isn’t specific to the Biden White House.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
• The book gave a glimpse of the depths of his alcohol and pill reliance, as well as hope for those who are seeking sobriety.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
• In the second set, Ahn jumped to a 4-1 lead, while adding some strong approach shots to her usual baseline reliance.
  — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
• In some ways, Russia’s reliance on China has been set in stone since the invasion over a year ago.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2023
• UConn is different from most teams in its guard reliance.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
• Over the past decade, a number of researchers have denounced the field’s reliance on these approaches.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
• All the plans for reducing our reliance on Russia’s chief export are for years in the future.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Mar. 2022
• Ethanol is made from corn and other crops and has been mixed into some types of gasoline for years to reduce reliance on oil.
  — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Now, his reliance on the country may give Beijing leverage.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• America’s reliance on China is easy to see in your kitchen.
  — Pablo Robles, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
• Signet has shed hundreds of weak stores in the Kay and Zales chains and reduced its reliance on discounting.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
• Amid the Ukraine war, some of those exports are helping Europe end its reliance on gas from Russia.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2023
• Human reliance on animal products was cooking the planet, and, as a chef, reducing his reliance on them could be part of a solution.
  — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
• In Carrie and her friends’ reliance on anecdotes, archetypes, and advice, their adventures often feel like a women’s magazine in dramatized form—a voicey compendium of topics both serious and silly, delivered in easily digestible morsels.
  — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025