as in depended
to place reliance or trust
rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives
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Recent Examples of relied
This meant strikes often relied on outdated intelligence.
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Samuel Granados, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
And so much of the first season relied on the novel horror of watching the barbaric, exploitative Squid Game play out, hoping that protagonist Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) could hold onto his humanity in the face of it all.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
And unlike Season 1’s hopscotch-like glass bridge and biscuit-carving challenge, which relied mostly on a person’s individual luck, Season 2’s selections are more dependent on interpersonal skills from the start, requiring the players to form alliances and rivalries right away.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2024
The military often relied on a crude statistical model to assess the risk of civilian harm, and sometimes launched strikes on targets several hours after last locating them, increasing the risk of error.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The litigation Jerry’s lawyer, Luke Widener, said the workers relied on management to warn them of dangers outside because the factory had few windows.
—Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
In its first game without Sixth Man of the Year candidate Moe Wagner, who tore the ACL in his left knee on Saturday, Orlando relied on a wide variety of scorers, with five finishing in double figures.
—Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Low Vaccination Rates The other paper, published in August, relied on data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which collects health data on Americans in all 50 states through phone surveys.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
That study, published in July, relied on data from 710 people with type 2 diabetes, 979 of whom were overweight or obese.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
Samuel Granados, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
And so much of the first season relied on the novel horror of watching the barbaric, exploitative Squid Game play out, hoping that protagonist Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) could hold onto his humanity in the face of it all.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
And unlike Season 1’s hopscotch-like glass bridge and biscuit-carving challenge, which relied mostly on a person’s individual luck, Season 2’s selections are more dependent on interpersonal skills from the start, requiring the players to form alliances and rivalries right away.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2024
The military often relied on a crude statistical model to assess the risk of civilian harm, and sometimes launched strikes on targets several hours after last locating them, increasing the risk of error.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The litigation Jerry’s lawyer, Luke Widener, said the workers relied on management to warn them of dangers outside because the factory had few windows.
—Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
In its first game without Sixth Man of the Year candidate Moe Wagner, who tore the ACL in his left knee on Saturday, Orlando relied on a wide variety of scorers, with five finishing in double figures.
—Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Low Vaccination Rates The other paper, published in August, relied on data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which collects health data on Americans in all 50 states through phone surveys.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
That study, published in July, relied on data from 710 people with type 2 diabetes, 979 of whom were overweight or obese.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
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