as in dependent
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Recent Examples of reliant
The move should also help further diversify the company’s overall revenue stream, which is almost entirely reliant on social media ads, in the years to come.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 May 2025
Cuts could threaten the stability of the power grid, which has become increasingly reliant on solar and wind power.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
But just when those employees are most reliant on their union for protection and advocacy, the union is facing its biggest allegation of financial impropriety in at least 25 years.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Just a mile away, residents at St. Joseph Living Center in Windham are more reliant on the staff.
—Joshua Zatulskis, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 May 2025
Cuts could threaten the stability of the power grid, which has become increasingly reliant on solar and wind power.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
But just when those employees are most reliant on their union for protection and advocacy, the union is facing its biggest allegation of financial impropriety in at least 25 years.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Just a mile away, residents at St. Joseph Living Center in Windham are more reliant on the staff.
—Joshua Zatulskis, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliant
dependent
Adjective
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His future with the franchise is likely dependent on whether guys higher up on the pecking order end up elsewhere rather than his own play.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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This is because a planet's altitude in the sky is dependent in part on the inclination of the ecliptic relative to the horizon, which shifts throughout the year due to Earth's wobbling orbit.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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“Reliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliant. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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