reliant
Example Sentences
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California is heavily reliant on the federal government to reach its conservation goals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Investors have been gravitating back toward parts of the stock market that are “less reliant on lower rates,” said Kourkafas.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Analyst Craig Hutchison says “the premium is relatively modest and heavily reliant on contingent value that appears difficult to realize under our price assumptions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Japan is particularly vulnerable to those supply interruptions as it is heavily reliant on energy from the Middle East.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
I would step into 1919 a new person—not Hattie Here-and-There, reliant on relatives to give her a roof and board, but Hattie Inez Brooks.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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