1
as in anchors
something or someone to which one looks for support
he's been the family's foremost reliance in times of trouble many times
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Relevance
2
as in dependencies
the quality or state of needing something or someone
a baby's reliance on her parents his reliance on his next-door neighbor for all the local gossip
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But Anunoby typically elevates the Knicks as one of their defensive anchors and complementary scorers.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026 -
Carlota Vizmanos and Miguel Gurwitz are the main anchors.—
Kaya Kaynak,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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The platform starts by discovering the application estate, then analyzes the source code and dependencies, generates a migration plan, refactors the application into a modern architecture, and produces the tests that validate functional parity with the original system.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Additive manufacturing offers an alternative path that can reduce those dependencies.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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Even when degraded, enzymes have stable backbones that might be capable of catalyzing reactions, said Sudha Rajamani, an astrobiologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune who wasn’t involved in the study.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
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As songwriters, the Ottavianos usually only needed a metaphor, a single beautiful image, or a fun double entendre to serve as narrative backbones.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
26 Apr. 2026
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So, here was Ondaatje just writing about his day-t0-day, grappling with the intense swings of emotion any parent must reckon with as their children grow into autonomy, forever leaving behind the heartbreakingly sweet (and frequently tedious) dependences of childhood.—
Jonny Diamond,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere, three pillars of the theatre community — André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapine — each received the 2026 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Lectra’s solutions support each of these pillars individually while connecting all stages of the garment lifecycle through centralized data and integrated workflows.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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“Reliances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliances. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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