reliances

noun

plural of reliance
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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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliances
  1. anchors
  2. dependencies
  3. backbones
  4. dependences
  5. pillars
Noun
  • The genetic setpoint won’t move, but consistent behavioral anchors can shift your rhythm by a meaningful amount.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • But online competition and shifting consumer buying habits eroded its business starting in the late ’90s, and over the following years its three anchors — JC Penney, Macy’s and Sears — all left.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Definition of anchors
Noun
  • What began as pilot initiatives has, for many brands, expanded into production workloads, multi-vendor API dependencies and consumption costs that compound in ways that weren't visible at the planning stage.
    — Amir Hudda, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Their project infrastructure and financing are designed around lifecycles as long as 20–30 years, and their operational ecosystem includes dependencies on supply chains for parts covered under warranty.
    — Amit Chaturvedy, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Definition of dependencies
Noun
  • Look under rocks for macroinvertebrates (animals without backbones, like stoneflies).
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2026
  • Data centers also need to be close enough to users and network backbones to provide fast digital services.
    — Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Definition of backbones
Noun
  • 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
Definition of dependences
Noun
  • Each strike and counterstrike chipped away at the pillars of the agreement, which has now collapsed, though there are still efforts to salvage it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The brighter silver paint contrasting the greenhouse and A and D pillars against the darker bronze lower body somewhat detracts from the overall look.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of pillars
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