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Another dependable starter would fortify their group and could lessen the pressure on Will Warren, and relying on Luis Gil to return to form after missing the entirety of the season so far with a lat injury.
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Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Hard, dependable workers only continue to grow and improve.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
Plus, the season’s top-selling plays relied on a dependable box office draw: big-name celebrities.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 4 June 2025
Just as often, though, the team’s scoring production could go quiet for minutes at a time, and the defense—neither Brunson nor Towns is dependable on that end—could go correspondingly wonky.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Hard, dependable workers only continue to grow and improve.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
Plus, the season’s top-selling plays relied on a dependable box office draw: big-name celebrities.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 4 June 2025
Just as often, though, the team’s scoring production could go quiet for minutes at a time, and the defense—neither Brunson nor Towns is dependable on that end—could go correspondingly wonky.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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“Dependable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dependable. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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dependable
adjective
de·pend·able
di-ˈpen-də-bəl 
: capable of being depended on : trustworthy, reliable
a dependable car
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