as in independent
able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help
the college student worked nights so that he would be self-sufficient
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The campus must also be financially self-sufficient by 2045, or when the bond is paid off if that comes first.
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Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Why would becoming more self-sufficient also open them up to trade shocks?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Trump has frequently quipped that the US doesn’t need to import items like lumber, cars and oil, claiming that natural resources and manufacturing potential are plentiful enough domestically for America to be self-sufficient.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Now that my brother and I have graduated from college and are independent, self-sufficient adults, our family has mostly made amends for all of that.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Why would becoming more self-sufficient also open them up to trade shocks?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Trump has frequently quipped that the US doesn’t need to import items like lumber, cars and oil, claiming that natural resources and manufacturing potential are plentiful enough domestically for America to be self-sufficient.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Now that my brother and I have graduated from college and are independent, self-sufficient adults, our family has mostly made amends for all of that.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Self-sufficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sufficient. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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