How to Use self-determination in a Sentence

self-determination

noun

• There is a part of me that still sees this act of self-determination as a moral failing.
  — Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025
• Some of us have a vision for our lives but lack self-determination due to fear, trauma, or self-doubt.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 17 Feb. 2025
• Owning her anger gave her a greater sense of agency and self-determination.
  — Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
• People feel a strong need for freedom and self-determination right now.
  — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• These guys are not just restricting the rights, self-determination to bear a child for a young woman.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2024
• That right to self-determination and to amend or make mistakes is absent in Iran.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
• Indeed, it was conceived as a step in self-determination.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
• The right to self-determination can become the right to self-destruction.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
• Just self-determination, just getting up and doing it.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
• But the truth is that self-determination is not always possible.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
• This issue is not only about the safety and health of our water, but also the right to self-determination.
  — Mel Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
• But for those who live in Greenland, there remains a strong desire for self-determination.
  — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
• But for both men, the pursuit of romantic love proves secondary to the challenge of self-determination.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• Freedom, to me, is the right of self-determination and human dignity.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2024
• These clearly violate our right to self-determination and freedom of thought.
  — Nita Farahany, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
• His life was full of color and art and self-determination to get sober after experiencing so much tragedy.
  — Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
• Once you’re centered on this point, the only issue left is how to present to others your commitment to self-determination.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
• Of course, one hopes for freedom and self-determination for the Iranian people.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
• What followed was not just the growth of an industry, but the strengthening of tribal self-determination.
  — Cody J Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
• And on a holiday devoted to the idea of self-determination, that’s a goal worth pursuing.
  — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 June 2026
• The holiday is all about honoring Black self-determination and dreams, so for me, food entrepreneurs are a great place to start.
  — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 19 June 2023
• Aries is the first spark — the purest expression of lifeforce, urgency, and self-determination.
  — Colin Bedell, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
• But the broader issue is self-determination.
  — Tiffany Caban, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
• The best way to achieve this is still a two-state solution based on self-determination, sovereignty, and security for both peoples.
  — Mary Robinson, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
• But now, under the self-determination act, name and gender changes will be processed within three months of filing the self-disclosure form.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• The result has been a denial of basic health care to people most in need of it, and a denial of control, dignity and self-determination.
  — Don Aptekar, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
• Hezbollah continues to bill itself as a group fighting for Lebanon's right to self-determination.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
• They cannot be expected to accept the denial of Jewish self-determination.
  — Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
• Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination.
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
• For an agreement that would enable self-determination, freedom of movement, fair land ownership for the people.
  — Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025