semiautonomous
adjective
semi·au·ton·o·mous
ˌse-mē-ȯ-ˈtä-nə-məs 
ˌse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: largely self-governing within a larger political or organizational entity
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Saudi Arabia must decide whether to respond militarily, engage diplomatically, or accept a semiautonomous south.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
Charter schools receive taxpayer dollars but are run differently
Charter schools are semiautonomous public schools, according to the Education Commission of the States.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen after the country’s national broadcaster reported that three people linked to President Donald Trump had been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
—Richard Hall, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
This could be an alternative to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that connects oil fields in Basra to Ceyhan, bypassing Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region entirely.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
Charter schools receive taxpayer dollars but are run differently
Charter schools are semiautonomous public schools, according to the Education Commission of the States.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen after the country’s national broadcaster reported that three people linked to President Donald Trump had been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
—Richard Hall, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
This could be an alternative to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that connects oil fields in Basra to Ceyhan, bypassing Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region entirely.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for semiautonomous
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“Semiautonomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semiautonomous. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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