reliability
Americannoun
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reliabilities
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Origin of reliability
Explanation
It's nice when someone compliments your reliability because it means they think you are dependable. Things that are known for reliability? Your best friend, sunrise, sunset and unfortunately also taxes. The word is a new one and didn't become common until after 1850 during the Industrial Revolution. Before things were mass produced, how reliable they were was not such an issue. Interesting fact: reliability is an American word, and the Brits scoffed at its new usage.
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Example Sentences
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This experiment advances both goals at once by combining large-scale logical quantum computing with a method for evaluating the reliability of a calculation that is already beyond practical classical simulation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Watkins has provided Villa with reliability, running power and goals throughout one of the club's most successful periods of the modern era.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Carney added in a separate statement that "last-minute changes in the US proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal."
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The companies chase different types of consumers: Toyota appeals more to eco-conscious car buyers and those who prioritize reliability and efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
CBS, especially, had earned a reputation for reliability thanks to its reports on the European conflict.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Pyongyang has released footage of undersea missile launches, but the projectiles’ reliabilities and capabilities are unknown.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
But there is a great difference in the reliabilities of reports made by trained and by untrained men.
From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Arthur J. Hoskin
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