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
Perhaps this is why the American Bar Association is urging Treasury to keep issuing paper refund checks unless Congress passes a law rather than relying on an executive order.
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Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
Most Presidential races, once the primaries are over, rely on a large, professional staff to organize tens of thousands of volunteers.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The global networking of IT systems and the acceleration of digitalisation enable the creation of highly digitalised development processes that increasingly rely on the use of AI.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The nonprofit rescue relies on donations from animal lovers across the country and beyond.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 16 Jan. 2026
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Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
Most Presidential races, once the primaries are over, rely on a large, professional staff to organize tens of thousands of volunteers.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The global networking of IT systems and the acceleration of digitalisation enable the creation of highly digitalised development processes that increasingly rely on the use of AI.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The nonprofit rescue relies on donations from animal lovers across the country and beyond.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rely
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The robots respond differently depending on how researchers actuate them.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Solopreneurship may be the default way of starting a business, but survival increasingly depends on how effectively founders use AI.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The project, often called the Turquoise tower, is also leaning on another state law, California’s density bonus law, to bypass the neighborhood height limit, boost its residential unit count and maximize commercial density.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Two-way contracts, which pay half the NBA rookie minimum and do not count toward the salary cap or luxury tax, allow for players to be on their NBA team’s active list for as many as 50 regular-season games with other game action having to come in the G League.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Rely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rely. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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