reliance
Americannoun
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confident or trustful dependence.
- Synonyms:
- assurance, faith, trust, confidence
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something or someone relied on.
noun
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dependence, confidence, or trust
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something or someone upon which one relies
Other Word Forms
- misreliance noun
- nonreliance noun
- overreliance noun
- reliant adjective
- reliantly adverb
- superreliance noun
Etymology
Origin of reliance
Example Sentences
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is in India for a pivotal trip aimed at repairing ties with the world's largest democracy, as both countries seek to reduce their trade reliance on the US.
From BBC
Converting natural gas into flexible chemical intermediates could expand industrial options and gradually decrease reliance on traditional petrochemical feedstocks.
From Science Daily
Another major focus is reducing reliance on iridium, a costly platinum group metal used in PEM electrolysis.
From Science Daily
The reliance on biometrics and cryptocurrency has generated negative publicity and regulatory pushback, however, including headline-making bans in some countries over concerns about data security.
For Carney, the trip that includes stops in Australia and Japan is part of a broad effort to pivot the Canadian economy away from excessive reliance on its southern neighbor.
From Barron's
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