Reliance

//ɹɪˈlaɪ.əns//

"Reliance" in a Sentence (24 examples)

Excessive reliance on monetary policy in an attempt to curb inflation could unnecessarily constrain credit and hence business.

Many of the text formulations arouse suspicion that the author failed to mention a reliance on some English source.

A shield and my reliance, o God, Thou ever wert. I'll trust unto Thy guidance, o leave me not ungirt.

Algeria needs to reduce its reliance on oil.

Algeria needs to move away from its reliance on oil and gas.

Algeria needs to move away from its reliance on hydrocarbons.

Qatar's reliance on oil and natural gas is likely to persist for the foreseeable future.

Do you think Algeria will overcome its reliance on oil and gas?

Javier Díaz, an economist at IESE business school in Madrid, said Spain has suffered more from the pandemic than other European countries because of its reliance on tourism and the automotive sector, which is struggling because of a global chip shortage and lower consumer demand.

Host Carol Castiel speaks with Jennifer Kavanaugh, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, about the phenomenon of “truth decay” — a diminishing reliance on facts and analysis in American public life as well as the insidious spread of disinformation which threatens to undermine democracy.

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Your reliance on his expertise may be misplaced.

[…] his days and times are past And my reliances on his fracted [i.e. broken] dates Have smit my credit:

How unfavourable is Chance, said Arabella fretting at the Disappointment, to Persons who have any Reliance upon it!

It was out of his power to support his son at either university; but a wealthy neighbor offered assistance; and, in reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value, Samuel was entered at Pembroke College, Oxford.

I put infinite reliance in your tact.

Hornblower could see in a flash that he could place implicit reliance on Bush’s seamanship.

The industry is working to phase out its reliance on fossil fuels.

[…] he contended that habitual reliance on engine power causes a pilot to lose his ability to make a forced landing “deadstick” if necessary.

Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare—but overall economic wellbeing is no longer improving […]

The boat was a poor reliance.

Thou wert once the chiefe pillar of my posterity, and the whole reliance of my name:

A horse is counted but a vain thing, […] to save a man. So are Chariots, and Forts, and Armies, and Navies, and all earthly reliances.

Mr. Adams may marry as well as Mr. Williams; and both, I believe, will find God’s Providence a better Reliance, than the richest Benefice in England.

Most ominous of all was the discovery of over six hundred empty cans that had held preserved meat, the main reliance of the expedition.

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