How to Use reliant in a Sentence

reliant

adjective
  • His firm deals more with high-end clients that are less reliant on home loans.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The state is reliant on sales taxes.
    — Joshua Haiar & Seth Tupper, States Newsroom, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The state is reliant on sales taxes.
    — Meghan O'Brien, States Newsroom, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The state is reliant on sales taxes.
    — Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Large states are less reliant on trade, which gives them greater resilience.
    — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
  • After all, both the corn and the panels are reliant on the sun.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Football, less reliant on travel teams, costs about half as much.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The only concern is the Hoosiers were still to reliant on him.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Have the Chiefs grown too reliant on Mahomes?
    — Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
  • It’s also made the industry lazier and more reliant on us to wear all the hats.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Third, Duke is very reliant on scoring inside the arc.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But for now, no team is more reliant on their centre-forward than City.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The offense teeters on becoming too reliant on the pass.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Around the turn of the decade, the player so reliant on low flying and overhead costs made some risky moves.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Now the very business model that Robinhood is so reliant on is in doubt.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 29 July 2021
  • Linde is not that reliant on Qatar for helium and has its own stores of supply.
    — Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The Bulls have been less reliant on DeRozan this season than last.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Now there is a desire at the club to move towards a model that is less reliant on debt funding.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The United States is less reliant on foreign oil than at times in the past.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The United States is less reliant on foreign oil than at times in the past.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That kind of shift would make other nations more reliant on China.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Their team’s success is far too reliant on the success of a single player.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The idea for many businesses is to build a business that isn’t solely reliant on its founder.
    — Peter Boolkah, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • For now, though, the world economy is still very much reliant on fossil fuels.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 26 May 2022
  • Readers are much less reliant on newsprint for their news in today's internet age.
    — CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Readers are much less reliant on newsprint for their news in today’s internet age.
    — Audrey McAvoy, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But the conference has been reliant on foreign figures to fill gaps.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Other animals may not be so fully reliant on this force.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The way state laws are set up, cities like Milwaukee have become reliant on those funds.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023

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