as in depended
to place reliance or trust
rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives
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Recent Examples of relied
Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.
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Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
All three feature different approaches to generating speed and grip, but only the Mustang relied on electric power.
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Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
Actuarial projections that Congress relied on in the 1980s assumed that the program would continue to tax the same share of wages for the next 75 years — about 87% — according to a January report from the Roosevelt Institute.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Víg had no prior experience composing for film, and the project – which relied heavily on documentary aesthetics and improvised performance – made for a steep learning curve.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 June 2026
Bloomberg‘s May 2026 xAI org chart specifically cited Kuehmann as the archetype of Musk’s strategy of sharing high-value executives across his companies, a model SpaceX has relied on since 2015.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Business schools have relied on case studies that teach students through narrative.
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Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
The move would mark a change for Apple, which has long relied on its size and supplier relationships to avoid raising prices when component costs increase.
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Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has already led Gulf countries to seek alternatives to the narrow waterway, which most had relied on for the bulk of their trade flows.
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Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
All three feature different approaches to generating speed and grip, but only the Mustang relied on electric power.
—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
Actuarial projections that Congress relied on in the 1980s assumed that the program would continue to tax the same share of wages for the next 75 years — about 87% — according to a January report from the Roosevelt Institute.
—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Víg had no prior experience composing for film, and the project – which relied heavily on documentary aesthetics and improvised performance – made for a steep learning curve.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 June 2026
Bloomberg‘s May 2026 xAI org chart specifically cited Kuehmann as the archetype of Musk’s strategy of sharing high-value executives across his companies, a model SpaceX has relied on since 2015.
—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Business schools have relied on case studies that teach students through narrative.
—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
The move would mark a change for Apple, which has long relied on its size and supplier relationships to avoid raising prices when component costs increase.
—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has already led Gulf countries to seek alternatives to the narrow waterway, which most had relied on for the bulk of their trade flows.
—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relied
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Until recently, Norway depended on private companies to conduct such advanced underwater surveys.
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For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended heavily on fibroblasts, a class of supportive cells nestled in the deeper layer of the skin that secrete growth-promoting molecules and build the structural scaffolding that holds tissue together.
Verb
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For the dependency support test, basic and supplementary Medicare benefits are not counted as support.
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Zayn counted quickly and helped Rhodes retain the title.
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