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Recent Examples of reliant
When robots can lay bricks, perform surgery and drive trucks at scale, the last industries still reliant on human labor will shift.
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Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
Large states are less reliant on trade, which gives them greater resilience.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
However, experts warn the move could drive up prices and lead to shortages, especially for generic medications heavily reliant on overseas manufacturing.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Those nations are developing economies – critically reliant on their exports to the United States, but mostly too poor to buy similar quantities of U.S. goods.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
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Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
Large states are less reliant on trade, which gives them greater resilience.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
However, experts warn the move could drive up prices and lead to shortages, especially for generic medications heavily reliant on overseas manufacturing.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Those nations are developing economies – critically reliant on their exports to the United States, but mostly too poor to buy similar quantities of U.S. goods.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Reliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliant. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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