reliance
noun
re·li·ance
ri-ˈlī-ən(t)s 
Examples of reliance in a Sentence
he's been the family's foremost reliance in times of trouble many times
a baby's reliance on her parents
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Wilson argued the Charlotte attack resulted from several failures, from lax ticket enforcement to reliance on private security, rather than policies from Cooper’s tenure.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
By seeding the market with TPU alternatives, Google can pressure Nvidia's pricing power and reduce reliance on expensive Nvidia hardware.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And yet, this same reliance on sound that makes their communication so spectacular, leaves them especially vulnerable to anthropogenic noise intruding into their environment.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Microsoft is breaking from its deep reliance on OpenAI by bringing Anthropic’s Claude models into Office 365, according to The Information, marking its biggest move yet to diversify AI providers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
By seeding the market with TPU alternatives, Google can pressure Nvidia's pricing power and reduce reliance on expensive Nvidia hardware.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And yet, this same reliance on sound that makes their communication so spectacular, leaves them especially vulnerable to anthropogenic noise intruding into their environment.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Microsoft is breaking from its deep reliance on OpenAI by bringing Anthropic’s Claude models into Office 365, according to The Information, marking its biggest move yet to diversify AI providers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Reliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reliance. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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reliance
noun
re·li·ance
ri-ˈlī-ən(t)s
1
: the act of relying
2
: the condition or attitude of one who relies : dependence
3
: something or someone relied on
Legal Definition
reliance
noun
re·li·ance
ri-ˈlī-əns
1
: the act of relying
reliance on a promise
2
: reliance interest at interest 1
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