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In addition to being less dynamic, the job market has become increasingly reliant upon a select few industries — primarily health care, with leisure and hospitality to a lesser extent — to drive overall employment growth.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
For 5,000 years, doctors have stood as the sole source of medical expertise, with patients reliant on their judgment to make sense of their symptoms and medical options.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
But that will still leave millions of existing EVs reliant on the CCS plugs used by Electrify America and other non-Tesla charging providers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Without large reservoirs in which to store water, those states’ water supply is reliant on snowpack and precipitation, which can vary widely year to year.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
For 5,000 years, doctors have stood as the sole source of medical expertise, with patients reliant on their judgment to make sense of their symptoms and medical options.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
But that will still leave millions of existing EVs reliant on the CCS plugs used by Electrify America and other non-Tesla charging providers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Without large reservoirs in which to store water, those states’ water supply is reliant on snowpack and precipitation, which can vary widely year to year.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliant
dependent
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Moore previously served as the defense attorney for Louise and David Turpin, the California couple who abused and imprisoned their 13 children and dependent adults in a 'house of horrors' for years.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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The bill, which would ban members, their spouses, and dependent children from individual stock trading, combines several pieces of legislation that have been introduced in the lower chamber.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Reliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliant. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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