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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Corporate pension committees typically rely on financial experts to advise them on investments.
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Mary Clements Evans, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Mary Clements Evans, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The vendors often rely on bulk deals and shipping arrangements made through Amazon.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Apr. 2025
Costume designers relied on social media to source people flying into Iqaluit to bring certain items from Ottawa or Toronto.
—Amber Dowling, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Drugmakers rely on a complex network of manufacturing sites, sometimes in different countries for different steps of the production process.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Rely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rely. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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