as in depends
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 relies
ChatGPT grew up on Nvidia chips and still relies on them, while also broadening its compute portfolio to include other types of silicon.
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Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
California relies on its top 1% of earners for nearly half of its personal income tax revenue.
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CBS News,
26 June 2026
But his journey from shining shoes in the slums to terrorizing defenses in the world’s biggest stadiums relies too heavily on the flashy montage to pack an emotional punch.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The format relies on high-repetition, small-range movements that tone muscles without heavy joint stress.
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Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
Operational resilience can no longer be read only through a firm's own controls; it must be read through the failure modes of everyone the firm relies on.
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Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
California relies on its top 1% of earners for nearly half of its personal income tax revenue.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
The company employs fewer than 50 people and relies on technology similar to what’s used in self-driving cars, including radar, lidar and cameras that provide a 360-degree view around the vehicle.
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Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Learning to juggle engages motor systems, while studying a language relies more heavily on memory networks.
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Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
California relies on its top 1% of earners for nearly half of its personal income tax revenue.
—
CBS News,
26 June 2026
But his journey from shining shoes in the slums to terrorizing defenses in the world’s biggest stadiums relies too heavily on the flashy montage to pack an emotional punch.
—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The format relies on high-repetition, small-range movements that tone muscles without heavy joint stress.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
Operational resilience can no longer be read only through a firm's own controls; it must be read through the failure modes of everyone the firm relies on.
—
Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
California relies on its top 1% of earners for nearly half of its personal income tax revenue.
—
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The company employs fewer than 50 people and relies on technology similar to what’s used in self-driving cars, including radar, lidar and cameras that provide a 360-degree view around the vehicle.
—
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Learning to juggle engages motor systems, while studying a language relies more heavily on memory networks.
—
Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relies
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From there, the workup depends on what a doctor finds.
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The results showed that under specific conditions, the generation of free electric charges in the active layer of the solar cell depends heavily on the electric field in the organic semiconductor material.
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Recycling Europe counts more than 80 national federations and companies across 24 European Union and European Free Trade Association countries among its ranks, representing sectors that range from paper and plastics to textiles.
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On sale for just $13, this luminous tinted moisturizer has been bought by more than 20,000 Amazon shoppers in the last month—and counts Martha Stewart as a fan.
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“Relies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relies. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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