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as in anchor
something or someone to which one looks for support he's been the family's foremost reliance in times of trouble many times
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as in dependency
the quality or state of needing something or someone a baby's reliance on her parents his reliance on his next-door neighbor for all the local gossip
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Recent Examples of reliance To reduce reliance on maritime routes, China has over recent decades built costly pipelines funnelling oil and gas over land from Central Asia, Russia and Myanmar. —
Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 In Douglas County, Google uses recycled municipal wastewater to cool its data center, reducing reliance on drinking water and helping protect the Chattahoochee River. —Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Lots will be made about lessening reliance on Nvidia . —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 Years of heavy reliance on sanctions have not collapsed these networks. —Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reliance
Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 In Douglas County, Google uses recycled municipal wastewater to cool its data center, reducing reliance on drinking water and helping protect the Chattahoochee River. —Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Lots will be made about lessening reliance on Nvidia . —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 Years of heavy reliance on sanctions have not collapsed these networks. —Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reliance
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One of the area’s top two-way threats last spring, the senior left-hander/first baseman has been good enough to still be an anchor in the Blackhawks’ batting order and atop the pitching rotation.— Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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Because of the historic nature, as the first female to do that job as a solo anchor, a soft launch was pretty impossible.— Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
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There are more third-party dependencies than anyone can count.— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
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The case has rightly focused attention on how chatbots apparently reinforce delusions and foster emotional dependency.— Marc Augustin, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
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If that’s the digital backbone, manufacturers are now racing to fix the physical side of the equation.— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
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The electrician wiring a data center is building the backbone of the AI boom, where a single error can cost millions in downtime.— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Sodium-ion technology is seen as a lower-cost alternative that could reduce dependence on lithium, cobalt, and nickel.— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
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Continue reading … KEY TO LONGEVITY — Diet expert warns people away from supplement dependence.— , FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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The two pillars of private markets have become deeply intertwined over the past decade, with direct lenders stepping in as a key financing engine for buyouts after banks retreated following the global financial crisis, according to industry veterans.— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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Parents expressed sorrow at seeing a pillar of their children’s music journey gone too soon.— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Reliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/reliance. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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