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reliant

[ri-lahy-uhnt] / rɪˈlaɪ ənt /


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Hospitals and care homes are also reliant on foreign workers.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Lots of great teams are reliant on one goalscorer but when you look at the other players in the squad, none of them have been prolific or even consistent for England.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Kim, whose country has been historically reliant on China, has drawn closer to Moscow in recent years while expanding his country's nuclear weapons programme.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Continuing a recent pattern, the gains were heavily reliant on hiring in the education and health fields, which added 57,000 new jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Here are the top five “uncertainty avoidance” countries, according to Hofstede’s database—that is, the countries most reliant on rules and plans and most likely to stick to procedure regardless of circumstances.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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