as in to depend
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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Their patients rely on medications for serious conditions, including cancer and autoimmune diseases, the union said.
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Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
In such situations, the doctrine of Chevron deference instructed federal judges to rely on the interpretations made by federal agencies, as long as those interpretations were reasonable, since agencies typically have greater expertise in their subject areas than judges.
—Eli Sanders, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2024
With about one-third of the global human food supply made up of crops that rely on bee pollinators, this could suggest a troubling trend.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Many companies are stuck using systems that are 15 to 20 years old, often relying on spreadsheets or legacy software that is difficult to upgrade.
—Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
In such situations, the doctrine of Chevron deference instructed federal judges to rely on the interpretations made by federal agencies, as long as those interpretations were reasonable, since agencies typically have greater expertise in their subject areas than judges.
—Eli Sanders, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2024
With about one-third of the global human food supply made up of crops that rely on bee pollinators, this could suggest a troubling trend.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Many companies are stuck using systems that are 15 to 20 years old, often relying on spreadsheets or legacy software that is difficult to upgrade.
—Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Rely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rely. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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