reliable
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A parent with reliable child care can finish a credential or hold a shift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Enter veteran character actor Lin Shaye, whose psychic Elise has been a series mainstay and a reliable provider of expository dialogue, despite the fact that her character died at the end of the 2011 original.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Social media platforms and message boards are crawling with asks for reliable weather app recommendations, and the answers can vary wildly.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
After the delays and cost increases, these projects have not exactly delivered reliable marvels.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Thanks to the Scientific Revolution, we have a much more reliable type of knowledge than ancient and medieval philosophers ever had, and we call it science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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