dependable
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While those chips are dependable, they lack the performance needed for more advanced missions.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
“A financially sound and dependable Fannie Mae is essential to the long-term health of the housing and mortgage markets.”
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
It’s a classic human-style combination: the random workings of the mind coupled with the dependable workings of our solar-powered Texas Instruments calculators.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Offshore wind is more dependable but it involves large, site-specific engineering projects that cannot be replicated in the same way, and so have not seen the same sustained falls in cost.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“I should have known. It’s the dependable part of the disease. Five to seven days after exposure. This is the seventh day.”
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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