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
The White House has relied for many of the tariffs on a 1970s statute designed to address economic emergencies.
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
The scene illustrated a transformation within Habitat for Humanity, which has since the 1970s relied on community members to help construct homes from their foundations to the roofs.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
No warning had been given to the governments that relied on them.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
For years OpenAI and other companies relied on graphics chips from Nvidia for running large-scale AI models.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
For its women-specific Maven line, Atomic relied on testing and feedback from women across North America.
—Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Critics say Kenvue has relied too much on its legacy brands and failed to innovate.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Historically, security operations in extreme environments have relied on passive solutions only designed to collect evidence of suspicious activities.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
From Jason Voorhees terrorizing all visitors of Camp Crystal Lake to Michael Myers persistently haunting the inhabitants of Haddonfield, Illinois, horror movies have relied on the silence and mystique of their main antagonists for decades.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
The scene illustrated a transformation within Habitat for Humanity, which has since the 1970s relied on community members to help construct homes from their foundations to the roofs.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
No warning had been given to the governments that relied on them.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
For years OpenAI and other companies relied on graphics chips from Nvidia for running large-scale AI models.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
For its women-specific Maven line, Atomic relied on testing and feedback from women across North America.
—Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Critics say Kenvue has relied too much on its legacy brands and failed to innovate.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Historically, security operations in extreme environments have relied on passive solutions only designed to collect evidence of suspicious activities.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
From Jason Voorhees terrorizing all visitors of Camp Crystal Lake to Michael Myers persistently haunting the inhabitants of Haddonfield, Illinois, horror movies have relied on the silence and mystique of their main antagonists for decades.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relied
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Crystals that cleanse All three minerals sped up the breakdown under typical environmental conditions, but the rate depended heavily on crystal structure.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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The broader market has depended on these seven stocks in its run to record highs.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Rozier and his friend, Deniro Laster, counted cash winnings at Rozier's home in Charlotte roughly a week later, the indictment says.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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With about 90% of ballots counted, California voters passed Proposition 50 by a wide margin, but results from the Sacramento region reflect a community split on the measure.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Relied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relied. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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