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re·ly·ing

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  1. Relying

    of Rely

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of relying in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of relying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of relying in a Sentence

  1. Louise Erdrich:

    In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the boundaries and personal geography which are all that we know of the world. ... Once we no longer live beneath our mother's heart, it is the earth with which we form the same dependent relationship, relying ... on its cycles and elements, helpless without its protective embrace.

  2. Kathleen Behrens:

    The Commissioner (Adam Silver) has acknowledged that we need to do more in this issue in terms of discipline going forward, mostly in terms of due process and not really relying on the criminal justice system.

  3. Dan Gross:

    It's not to say that teaching your kids gun safety can't help, but relying on that alone is an extremely dangerous mentality, i see tragedies every day that wind up occurring because a parent thought that their child knew better.

  4. Kingman Brewster, Jr.:

    There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.

  5. Neil Postman:

    When we begin relying on the Internet for all of our news and information we will turn into a nation of zombies.

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