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adjective

reliable

CEFR B1

worthy of reliance or trust

In a sentence

Six example sentences with reliable, each labelled with its topic.

  • The old server is slower but completely reliable; it has not dropped a single job in four years of nightly runs.

    Technology

  • That battery grip is reliable in the cold, which matters when you are shooting owls at dawn in February.

    Photography

  • The bus to the airport is reliable to the minute, so locals leave home exactly forty minutes before every flight.

    Travel

  • The backup guard is not flashy but reliable, and the coach trusts him with the ball in the final minute.

    Basketball

  • A reliable thermometer reads the same in the morning as at night, which is why the lab checks it weekly.

    Science

  • Investors paid extra for the reliable dividend, which the company had raised every single year since 1975.

    Finance

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