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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliances
Noun
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Camacho was one among many memorable Phoenix TV news anchors through the years.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
31 Aug. 2025 -
On top, a LiF shield chemically bonded with Ni–F anchors sealed the electrode against electrolyte attack.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The disruption, which left residents without reliable access to emergency services, revealed a spectrum of vulnerabilities—from outdated infrastructure and centralized dependencies to weak change management and limited visibility into system access.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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And, short of suicides, there is other mounting evidence of people developing harmful chatbot dependencies.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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By trading in metal backbones for a soft familiar-feeling vest, the wearable robot offers a more cost-effective and approachable solution for the millions of individuals worldwide who could possibly benefit from moderate limb support.—
Mack DeGeurin Aug 21,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There will be a temptation because of his height to draw parallels with Moyes’ use of Marouane Fellaini and Soucek, two key pillars of his Everton and West Ham sides, but where Rohl is concerned, his size can be deceptive.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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If these pillars maintain momentum, the stock could see substantial upside driven by revenue expansion and margin gains.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Reliances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliances. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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