as in reliableness
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence
we never had reason to question the reliability of the park rangers in the event of an emergency
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Recent Examples of reliability
To prove reliability, the company needs to start meeting its timetables for introductions of new technology, said Naga Chandrasekaran, who has led Intel’s factory business for almost two years.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The administration says the project is necessary to protect water deliveries for 27 million Californians and roughly 750,000 acres of farmland while improving reliability during earthquakes and extreme storm systems.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The company said the upgrades were intended to improve the reliability of the vehicle, which suffered two failures and two partial failures in its first six launches.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Consistency, effort and emotional reliability become far more attractive than grand gestures or empty excitement.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The administration says the project is necessary to protect water deliveries for 27 million Californians and roughly 750,000 acres of farmland while improving reliability during earthquakes and extreme storm systems.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The company said the upgrades were intended to improve the reliability of the vehicle, which suffered two failures and two partial failures in its first six launches.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Consistency, effort and emotional reliability become far more attractive than grand gestures or empty excitement.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for reliability
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliability
Noun
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Right guard O’Cyrus Torrence is in the final year of his rookie deal, and given his age, dependability and skill set, the Bills might have trouble retaining him on a long-term deal.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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These upgrades improve dependability in critical systems such as propulsion and aircraft launch operations, both essential for sustained carrier missions.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Burns asked if Becerra bore responsibility for losing contact with tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who came over the southern border and were placed with often unrelated adult sponsors across the United States by HHS during the Biden administration.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
12 May 2026
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Why the Sedins would be eager to take on this challenge, this greater level of responsibility and legacy-threatening scrutiny that will come attached to it, at this low point in franchise history, is beyond me.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The pronouncement, in turn, ensures that there’s no path back toward trustworthiness for Bragg.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Third, social media not only offer unlimited access to raw material but also pose the challenge of how to determine the trustworthiness of sources and the credibility of their material.—
Florian Wintterlin,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All this solidity comes in anticipation of a massive change.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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Scott’s first start didn’t exactly portend solidity, but his second go-round in Anaheim was much sharper and encouraging.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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“Reliability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliability. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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