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overreliance

/ ˌəʊvərɪˈlaɪəns /

noun

  1. the state or fact of being too reliant on someone or something

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The overreliance on China helped lead the Defense Department to do a blockbuster deal with MP in July that included an equity stake, a price floor for rare-earth products, and a guaranteed customer for any magnets produced from planned capacity.

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The overreliance on China helped lead the Defense Department to do a blockbuster deal with MP in July that included an equity stake, a price floor for rare earth products, and a guaranteed customer for any magnets produced from planned capacity.

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At the same time, Kenya and others are looking for new markets to reduce overreliance on the US.

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Studios continue to suffer from an overreliance on franchises that are losing steam.

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But much of his time has been defined by completed movies that get axed prior to release, the halfhearted releases of new projects from veterans like Clint Eastwood, the typical overreliance on IP that Zaslav has made clear will continue, and the arbitrary favors called in for personal friends—like Nicholas Pileggi, the Goodfellas-inspiring author whose latest Zaslav-approved film, The Alto Knights, bombed pretty drastically.

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