How to Use reliance in a Sentence

reliance

noun
  • This is where over-reliance creeps in.
    — Gregory Lipich, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Self and sense of self-reliance and on its face.
    — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Lack of showing of reliance or harm.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • There's also the risk of over-reliance.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Why the heavy reliance on models?
    — Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The same can be said of a reliance on press coverage.
    — Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Such heavy reliance on a single type of math problem is risky.
    — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The reliance of Harvey makes no sense.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • New aliens may pop up from time to time, but its reliance on the same threats—Daleks!
    — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Of course, the reliance on state funds can lead to volatility.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 May 2022
  • The reliance on wild seaweed has caused headaches for labs before.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
  • So, social media and phones and our reliance on that just drives me crazy.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Gulf states have spent the past decade trying to reduce their reliance on oil and gas.
    — Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Too much reliance on set pieces, not enough creative football.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Yet the real danger lurks in over-reliance.
    — K. H. Koehler, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The scale of this reliance is rarely acknowledged.
    — Cat Ward, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • That’s the weird thing about this season, about its reliance on old players and the past.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This builds brand affinity rather than price reliance.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Over the long term, too much reliance on outsiders can hollow out the in‑house skill base.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • So there’s a big reliance on social media to be able to get the message out.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The duo and their group are seeking to end the world's reliance on fossil fuels.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 10 May 2024
  • Bream has a theory for the newfound reliance on two-timers.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • After years of false starts, the move away from a reliance on oil is finally in full swing.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2022
  • Years of heavy reliance on sanctions have not collapsed these networks.
    — Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Over-reliance on opaque systems could introduce new risks.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Some degree of reliance was difficult to avoid.
    — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Chief among them is its reliance on technology.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Dungey said that was changing, as was the reliance on tried and tested IP.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
  • But Hanke fears that over-reliance on lifting rates is where the trouble lies.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The lack of ball movement and reliance on one-pass possessions were notable sore points.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 5 June 2026

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