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
The entrepreneurs behind Grill Rescue, a grill-cleaning tool that relies on steam cleaning rather than wire bristles, have only been advertising on Fox News Channel for a few weeks.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Among the most coveted customers for big AI model developers are coding startups like Anysphere, maker of the popular coding tool Cursor, which relies heavily on Anthropic’s Claude and recently cemented a partnership with OpenAI.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The answer to this question relies heavily on your needs.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The deal comes amid surging diabetes rates across Africa, including in Nigeria, which relies on insulin imports.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Immigrant labor is still important to his town, which now relies on mining the mineral trona, used in baking soda, trona mining rather than coal, with just under 20% of residents Hispanic or Latino, according to the Census Bureau.
—Jenna McMurtry, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
However, the plant relies on external electricity to keep its reactor cool and power other safety systems.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
With higher daytime temps than at mountainside sites in Napa, Titus relies on daily afternoon winds that come up the valley to offer a cooling effect to prevent over-ripeness.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has stressed the central bank relies on the data and is not implementing policy on a preset course.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Among the most coveted customers for big AI model developers are coding startups like Anysphere, maker of the popular coding tool Cursor, which relies heavily on Anthropic’s Claude and recently cemented a partnership with OpenAI.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The answer to this question relies heavily on your needs.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The deal comes amid surging diabetes rates across Africa, including in Nigeria, which relies on insulin imports.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Immigrant labor is still important to his town, which now relies on mining the mineral trona, used in baking soda, trona mining rather than coal, with just under 20% of residents Hispanic or Latino, according to the Census Bureau.
—Jenna McMurtry, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
However, the plant relies on external electricity to keep its reactor cool and power other safety systems.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
With higher daytime temps than at mountainside sites in Napa, Titus relies on daily afternoon winds that come up the valley to offer a cooling effect to prevent over-ripeness.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has stressed the central bank relies on the data and is not implementing policy on a preset course.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relies
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Achieving cost parity with China for batteries requires production at scale, and that scale depends on strong, sustained demand for EVs, the largest battery consumer.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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And the media dollars and sponsorship money that power the growth of the sport depends on those fans.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Each text counts as one vote, with a limit of 10 votes per couple via SMS.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Now, the nonprofit counts around 10 staff members and has inked strategic partnerships with companies in Hong Kong and abroad for PR, production and business development.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Relies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relies. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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