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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
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Most of the staff has been gutted, according to a person familiar with the operation, and anchors Dana Jacboson and Michelle Miller and executive producer Brian Applegate are expected to leave.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025 -
The anchors of ocean wind turbines in the southern North Sea act as reefs, with their animal populations varying between Heligoland and the southern German Bight.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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About the Technology The new AI engine is designed to automatically interprets goals, constraints, and deliverables to generate structured project plans — complete with milestones, dependencies, and timelines.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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By playing through likely as well as merely plausible scenarios and modeling their impact on supply chains, companies can detect critical dependencies and explore ways to diversify supplier relationships or sales markets.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Driving trucks is one of the unappreciated backbones of modern civilization.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Sep. 2025
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Platform product management is rarely treated as a strategic, first-class discipline, resulting in fragmented backbones that fail to support enterprise-wide innovation.—
Gaurav Dixit,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, Labrador Retrievers are consistent in their high energy and intelligence, devoted to their owners, while serving as pillars for the family.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In the first six months of 2025, the key pillars were still going strong, according to the company’s investor presentation.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Reliances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliances. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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