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Recent Examples of reliant
Puma was previously very reliant on wholesale but Hoeld saw this as harmful to the brand’s image as larger retailers tended to discount too heavily.
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Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The export controls could have a major impact, since the US is heavily reliant on China for rare earths.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The sector has been heavily reliant on a specific power source for decades.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
The retailers most reliant on SNAP benefit spending A person shops at a Dollar General store on May 28, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
—Courtney Reagan, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The export controls could have a major impact, since the US is heavily reliant on China for rare earths.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The sector has been heavily reliant on a specific power source for decades.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
The retailers most reliant on SNAP benefit spending A person shops at a Dollar General store on May 28, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
—Courtney Reagan, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliant
dependent
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So much of the success the Leafs will have this season — for better or worse — is dependent on that shot.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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And this model of access, dependent on negotiation and renegotiation and repeated discussions about individual items, is neither sustainable nor capable of delivering aid at the scale that is needed.—
Anna Halford,
Time,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Reliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliant. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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