reliant
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There wasn’t a smartphone in sight—Rees says she hates technology and has home-schooled her children since learning how reliant schools had become on screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The travel is helping boost economies even as it has angered many locals who say their cities, now reliant on foreign visitors, are no longer serving them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Publishers have faced declining traffic for years, but AI-powered search engines and chatbots are accelerating the demise of a business long reliant on clicks and ad revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Kaynat Ahmad, vice president for further education at the National Union of Students, described the railcard as "essential for young people reliant on trains to get to college, work or training".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Here are the top five “uncertainty avoidance” countries, according to Hofstede’s database—that is, the countries most reliant on rules and plans and most likely to stick to procedure regardless of circumstances.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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