relying
- present participle of rely.
Example Sentences
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Rather than relying only on patterns arranged across space, the photonic time crystal introduces a repeating pattern in time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Having a prenuptial agreement — or, in this case, a postnuptial agreement — would be much preferable to relying on either your friend or her husband keeping their word after the other person dies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Microwave energy may help by heating water throughout the potato rather than relying only on heat moving inward from the surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
It has also affected small businesses and people relying on digital services, though big institutions, such as hospitals, tend to have back-up generators.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Fed by neither streams nor springs, the lake was often filthy and algaed, relying on fickle prairie rains for replenishment.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
