How to Use autonomy in a Sentence
autonomy
noun- The territory has been granted autonomy.
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For one thing, the job comes with a lot of autonomy.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
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In the air, the case for autonomy may be even stronger.
—Tim Burns, Fortune, 9 June 2026
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Some of those groups have fought for greater autonomy for decades.
—Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 27 Dec. 2016
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This is just one step of many more that need to happen on the path to full autonomy.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2021
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The problem is, all of that is part of autonomy.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Crew members do show some signs of autonomy, though.
—Justin St. P. Walsh, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025
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The danger is that its users lose their autonomy, or any desire for it.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
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At the end of the day, everyone should have full autonomy over their own body.
—Women's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
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But the bigger leap will come with autonomy.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Each of us has complete autonomy, and veto rights which are rarely used.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
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But some may prefer to try out pronouns at school, among their peers, for a sense of autonomy.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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But its autonomy is both its greatest strength and its biggest threat.
—Steve Durbin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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This level of autonomy has been hard to achieve until now.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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But a lot of people just see it as a way of having autonomy, being their own boss.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
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This is both a fight for autonomy and for dominance.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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But full, driverless autonomy for trucks is years away, Gebis said.
—Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
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This all bodes well for Kashmiris’ hope for greater autonomy.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
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Most of them will be mediocre and have little autonomy.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
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Her dream was to have more autonomy and work more closely with the people in those circles.
—Ruth Baum Bigus, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2024
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His years of watching films and writing about them had given him a tetchy sort of autonomy.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
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But weapons with some degree of autonomy are likely to be deployed by both sides.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022
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What is autonomy when some version of your thoughts are read into a circuit board?
—Elissa Welle, STAT, 18 July 2022
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That loss of autonomy and the feeling of outsider meddling could make any coach say enough is enough.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2019
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The question of how much autonomy colleges have over Greek life is a tricky one.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
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The agreement also gave the units more autonomy to conduct raids of their own.
—ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2022
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Take the time to cultivate a team that’s aligned with the journey and give them autonomy to thrive.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
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There’s no part of me that wants to just work on my own and have complete autonomy over the final product.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2021
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Now, Ben intended to go it alone, both for autonomy and to keep costs down.
—Chris Ballard, SI.com, 8 Mar. 2018
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Dunleavy also doesn’t have the complete autonomy to thrive and to do his job.
—Jannelle Moore, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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