as in to depend
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 rely
North Miami did it first In his opinion, Wysong relied in part on a recent case against the city of North Miami.
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Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
Edmonton doesn’t have a large group of scorers among wingers, and this roster (as presented here) would be relying on Connor Brown to post between 15 and 20 goals in a support role.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 20 June 2025
In Florida alone, more than 4 million residents rely on them to purchase insurance.
—Brewster Bevis, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
The acquisition is an enormous upgrade—both quantitatively and qualitatively—for the country’s air force, which hitherto relied on just over a dozen aged MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters and subsonic Su-25 Frogfoot attack planes.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
Edmonton doesn’t have a large group of scorers among wingers, and this roster (as presented here) would be relying on Connor Brown to post between 15 and 20 goals in a support role.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 20 June 2025
In Florida alone, more than 4 million residents rely on them to purchase insurance.
—Brewster Bevis, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
The acquisition is an enormous upgrade—both quantitatively and qualitatively—for the country’s air force, which hitherto relied on just over a dozen aged MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters and subsonic Su-25 Frogfoot attack planes.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rely
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The regime lives or falls depending on what happens next.—
Ian Pannell,
ABC News,
18 June 2025
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The date of the summer solstice can fall at any point between June 20 and June 22, depending on the year, according to the NWS.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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David Becker | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese companies are so intent on global expansion that even the biggest stock offering to date on Shanghai’s tech-heavy STAR board counts the U.S. as one of its biggest markets, on par with China.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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That's not even counting his own impact on the ground, rushing for 630 yards and 14 touchdowns.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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“Rely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rely. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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