as in reliableness
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence
we never had reason to question the reliability of the park rangers in the event of an emergency
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Recent Examples of reliability
That undermines the validity and reliability of their results.
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Although other free agent starters presented more upside, few come with more reliability — particularly over the life of a one-year contract.
—Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
That’s mostly because transistors need to maintain high signal energies for reliability, and under normal operation that all gets dissipated as heat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Jan. 2025
Human teams can improve the reliability of specific knowledge agents by refining data sources and prompts.
—Michael Wegmüller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Although other free agent starters presented more upside, few come with more reliability — particularly over the life of a one-year contract.
—Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
That’s mostly because transistors need to maintain high signal energies for reliability, and under normal operation that all gets dissipated as heat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Jan. 2025
Human teams can improve the reliability of specific knowledge agents by refining data sources and prompts.
—Michael Wegmüller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for reliability
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“Reliability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliability. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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