as in depending
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 relying
Instead of relying on harmful chemical sprays, IPM emphasizes prevention, monitoring, and issue intervention.
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Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Metro could also face some tricky legal ramifications from relying on its savings.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
New zinc-air design Instead of relying on lithium (Li) and cobalt (Co), both of which are expensive, scarce, and environmentally destructive to source, the scientists built an ultra-durable zinc-air battery that utilizes the oxygen from the air to produce energy.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Outside of company updates, Wall Street is relying more on economic updates from other private sources.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
The sites would pair health care with a food bank, relying on local grocers, restaurants and other food providers to donate food.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
This reflects a growing share of working families relying on SNAP to supplement low wages and rising living costs.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Dek arrives with a full range of Yautja weapons, but relying on them would make survival too easy.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
But as the calendar grew more crowded around the year-end holidays, studios started relying on off-peak months and began opening higher-profile films in October.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Metro could also face some tricky legal ramifications from relying on its savings.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
New zinc-air design Instead of relying on lithium (Li) and cobalt (Co), both of which are expensive, scarce, and environmentally destructive to source, the scientists built an ultra-durable zinc-air battery that utilizes the oxygen from the air to produce energy.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Outside of company updates, Wall Street is relying more on economic updates from other private sources.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
The sites would pair health care with a food bank, relying on local grocers, restaurants and other food providers to donate food.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
This reflects a growing share of working families relying on SNAP to supplement low wages and rising living costs.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Dek arrives with a full range of Yautja weapons, but relying on them would make survival too easy.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
But as the calendar grew more crowded around the year-end holidays, studios started relying on off-peak months and began opening higher-profile films in October.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relying
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Likewise, studies on shapes have been shown to bring about both joy and bias, depending on the emotions that stem from early developments in childhood.—
Daniel Fusch,
Ascend Agency,
11 Nov. 2025
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Prices vary depending on location.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Hagan said during a recent webinar for a large state restaurant association, many proprietors were surprised to learn they weren’t supposed to be counting service fees as tips.—
Cheryl Winokur Munk,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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At the heart of the system is advanced AI that goes far beyond simply counting reps or tracking time.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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But that didn’t seem to affect Lola Young, Sombr or The Marias, three alt-rock-leaning acts who have had remarkably less trouble finding pop-world embrace, each of whom received BNA nominations.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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Gibson chose one of two alternative maps proposed by voting rights groups that had sued over the map, both of which created a Democratic-leaning district centered on Salt Lake County.—
Joseph Ax,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Relying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relying. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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