How to Use reliant in a Sentence

reliant

adjective
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  • After all, both the corn and the panels are reliant on the sun.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The Bulls have been less reliant on DeRozan this season than last.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But Payne needs one or both to be aggressive in the paint and less reliant on the jump shot.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2022
  • His firm deals more with high-end clients that are less reliant on home loans.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Because the Dolphins are so reliant on the middle of the field, Sanders is a perfect match.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Blackburn isn’t reliant on strikeouts to get the job done.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The people reliant on the platform are the ones that matter to me, and, arguably, are the ones who should matter to you too.
    — Alan Henry, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Although still reliant on the health of Joel Embiid, Philly remains a threat to win the East.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
  • The Hurricanes are much more reliant on the 3pt shot and Texas has held teams under 30% from long distance.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2023
  • He was asked the natural follow-up: Is this team too reliant upon the three?
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • The way state laws are set up, cities like Milwaukee have become reliant on those funds.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
  • Deer, frog, salamander and bat species are just some of the wildlife reliant on Kentucky's wetlands.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
  • The result: The American effort to combat the flow of drugs had become more and more reliant on one man.
    — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Penn State is a unicorn of a basketball team, so reliant on 3s and wide-open offense.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Football, less reliant on travel teams, costs about half as much.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Even before the war, roughly two-thirds of Gazans were reliant on food aid, according to the World Food Program.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Still, Ukraine, reliant on the West for weaponry and funding, faces short-term pressures that Russia does not.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The main downside is that the connection can falter since they are reliant on a strong WiFi signal.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The investment firm said HP would be reliant on stock buybacks to grow earnings per share in the coming years.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In the same way, when pop divas turn to dance for late-career musical shifts, the songs are now reliant on both club play and radio.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Brokers, reliant upon deals, were forced to wait, which is something very few of us were good at doing.
    — Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The pines are almost completely reliant on the nutcracker because their cones do not open when the seeds are ripe.
    — Michael Kohn | The Bulletin, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The actors seem to be having fun, which makes a big difference in a film so reliant on special effects.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But the offensive formula, albeit more reliant on midrange jumpers and points in the paint, is similar to a year ago.
    — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But areas reliant on the Colorado River had been spared — until now.
    — Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • An industry that became reliant on franchises to sell tickets learned the hard way about too much of a good thing.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
  • This led to concern on Wall Street about the market being too reliant on just a few names that made up an increasingly large share of the S & P 500.
    — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 30 July 2024
  • But soon, crews could become less reliant on the A.C., thanks to a new lightweight, ultra-white paint that can reflect up to 97.9 percent of sunlight.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Take the example of a heavy industry company, such as a cement company, which is deeply reliant on water.
    — Nina Seega, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But Wright and other patients reliant on insulin fear drug companies' attention to the profitable blockbuster meds comes at the expense of a life-sustaining drug that's been around for more than a century.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024

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