relying

Example Sentences

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This time there was no film, no lighting and not much theater, Dudamel relying on the sheer intensity of the music.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It means going to each card issuer’s website and clicking the “additional terms” link, rather than just relying on the information presented on the list.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The researchers addressed this by using the shortest path in their geometric model of color perception rather than relying on a simple straight line.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Capital-intensive sectors relying on future cash flows, like solar, are vulnerable to higher interest rates, unlike utilities, which rose 0.9%.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

One transformation involves a change of intermediate vector: when a microbe relying on some arthropod vector for transmission switches to a new host, the microbe may be forced to find a new arthropod as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond