as in depends
to place reliance or trust
rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives
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The company continues to face liquidity challenges and relies on external financing to fund its operations.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
The company relies on cash advances from related parties to support its operations.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
The company relies on revenue, public offerings, private placements, and contributions from its CEO for financing.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
The researchers ran a simulation to see whether the test could pick up on human viruses like the coronavirus that causes Covid, even if the researchers removed those viruses’ genetic sequences from the database on which the test relies.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Absci's business model relies on partnerships for drug creation and licensing agreements with potential milestone payments and royalties.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
The oil and gas industry relies heavily on consistent investment to offset steep production declines—particularly during the early years of a well’s life.
—Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Deciding to parent a child relies on an amount of social support and housing security and access to health care, and our country isn’t at all set up to provide those things for low-income people.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
However, the trust fund Social Security relies on to pay retirement benefits may run out even sooner, in 2033.
—Kevin Breuninger,lorie Konish, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
The company relies on cash advances from related parties to support its operations.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
The company relies on revenue, public offerings, private placements, and contributions from its CEO for financing.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
The researchers ran a simulation to see whether the test could pick up on human viruses like the coronavirus that causes Covid, even if the researchers removed those viruses’ genetic sequences from the database on which the test relies.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Absci's business model relies on partnerships for drug creation and licensing agreements with potential milestone payments and royalties.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
The oil and gas industry relies heavily on consistent investment to offset steep production declines—particularly during the early years of a well’s life.
—Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Deciding to parent a child relies on an amount of social support and housing security and access to health care, and our country isn’t at all set up to provide those things for low-income people.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
However, the trust fund Social Security relies on to pay retirement benefits may run out even sooner, in 2033.
—Kevin Breuninger,lorie Konish, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Relies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relies. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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