reliant
Example Sentences
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Over time, these restrictions could hurt Japanese manufacturers, which play a major role in the world’s electronics and semiconductor supply chains but are highly reliant on Chinese rare earths.
Meanwhile, pulp mill closures have left box makers more reliant than ever on old corrugated containers.
The world’s second-largest economy has become increasingly reliant on Venezuelan crude exports.
From Barron's
But Europe is still heavily reliant on the US in many areas including intelligence gathering, command and control and air capabilities.
From BBC
In the run-up to the US attack early Saturday, as Washington amassed forces in the Caribbean, the Venezuelan leader was described in US media reports as heavily reliant on advisers and bodyguards from Cuba.
From Barron's
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