as in reliableness
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence
we never had reason to question the reliability of the park rangers in the event of an emergency
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Recent Examples of reliability
How much is at stake for the state's clean energy economy, installation jobs, electricity rates and grid capacity and reliability, however, remains difficult to calculate.
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
These stations are also highly reliable, boasting over 98% uptime and more than 90% session reliability, so EV drivers can count on them to keep moving.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
The aviation industry has long been cautious about innovation, a stance rooted in valid concerns around safety and reliability.
—Tanya Fileva, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Limiting renewable energy development also raises concerns about electric reliability, says Heather Reams, president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a right-of-center advocacy group.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 27 June 2025
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
These stations are also highly reliable, boasting over 98% uptime and more than 90% session reliability, so EV drivers can count on them to keep moving.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
The aviation industry has long been cautious about innovation, a stance rooted in valid concerns around safety and reliability.
—Tanya Fileva, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Limiting renewable energy development also raises concerns about electric reliability, says Heather Reams, president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a right-of-center advocacy group.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliability
Noun
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For the generation currently between 13 and 28 years old, better known as Gen-Z, Trump’s policy bill represents a shift in retirement policy that places more responsibility on the individual.—
Alejandra Rojas,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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But the water that none of us can live without is everyday kindness and responsibility.—
Pico Iyer,
Time,
5 July 2025
Noun
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The film’s dramatic framework, for all its solidity, incarnates, in its ellipses and asymmetries, the shifting contemporary identities of revered civic masterworks.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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This enabled me to take in the solidity of the image, revealing the details in the sets and costumes—the metal coverings of C3PO and R2D2 had never seemed so real.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Reliability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliability. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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