How to Use self-governance in a Sentence

self-governance

noun
  • Critics have said the law takes away self-governance in Jackson and Hinds County.
    USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • The names of the store and the nonprofit nod to D.C.’s self-governance, itself in as precarious a situation as the debt ceiling was a few weeks ago.
    Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • For any kind of future agreement, if there is to be one, there has to be clarity that the Palestinian public does not just want self-governance.
    Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Leaving behind any trace of pop, Guzmán places all bets on her core sound, punk rock, and delivers hard-hitting lyrics about self-governance.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The governor is trying to strip the company of its self-governance, and has proposed that a prison or a competing theme park be built near Walt Disney World.
    Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Certain core themes — about nature’s self-governance, for instance, or the author’s quest for fame — echo across these works in ways that demonstrate her playful approach to genre and her audience.
    Anne M. Thell, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • That line from reporting to lawmaking is the central artery of democratic self-governance.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Broadly, the Security Council aimed at the two main prongs of security and self-governance.
    Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Only a true American, the Founders believed, had the right to participate in American self-governance.
    Time, 15 Aug. 2023
  • In any case, the accord depends on Israel being open to the possibility of a two-state solution entailing self-governance for Palestinians in the West Bank.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Hybrid models, like on Reddit, mix centralized and self-governance.
    Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, only 8% of consumers have full trust in the organizations that manage their identity data, ushering in a new era of data self-governance.
    Peter Barker, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • At the center of this conflict is a dispute over territory, security, Israel's right to exist and Palestinian rights and self-governance.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Many were appalled by their government’s support for the Salvadoran military and viewed the self-governance efforts in El Salvador as an admirable model for grassroots democracy.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 Feb. 2025
  • On a smaller scale, total self-governance – echoing early online spaces – could be key for communities that serve specific subsets of users.
    Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Local self-governance may, of course, be oppressive or exclusionary.
    Ashish Kothari, Scientific American, 1 June 2021
  • The secretive Judicial Conference is tasked with self-governance.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Journalism can give you the information necessary for self-governance.
    Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The committee’s next hearing is the latest sign of House Republicans seeking to rein in the district’s self-governance, especially its local jurisdiction over crime and public safety.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 4 May 2023
  • During the free month-long program, students combine classroom study with manual labor and self-governance, aspects intended to give them hands-on experience with the natural world and build their civic engagement skills.
    Maliya Ellis, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
  • This country was founded by people who wanted political and religious freedom and self-governance.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
  • No one knows how much the impeachment trial will end up costing Texas taxpayers, but legal experts say such expenses are critically important to self-governance.
    Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 19 June 2023
  • An election run smoothly, delivering a complex result that will force the parties to share levers of power, is another victory for Taiwan’s democratic self-governance and a setback for Beijing.
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • During the Jim Crow Era, state constitutions denied Black communities self-governance.
    Domingo Morel / Made By History, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Palestinians had an opportunity to create effective self-governance in Gaza and demonstrate what the West Bank, too, could become without the Israeli occupation.
    Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Policing grew out of these dominant capitalist dynamics, rather than some idealized vision of self-governance or a notion of security for all.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
  • For nearly two decades, Israel has extended olive branches, relinquished land, and poured billions into Gaza, together with other nations, in an effort to foster Palestinian self-governance.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The Chinese Communist government has consistently claimed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the island's self-governance and the absence of any historical rule.
    TIME, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Past reforms of the franchise have gone a long way toward upholding America’s ideals and improving self-governance—so would extending voting responsibilities to 16- and 17-year-old citizens.
    Ian Simmons, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Under his guidance, the Indian National Congress was working toward attaining self-governance for India—which later changed to a demand for complete independence.
    Noor Anand Chawla, JSTOR Daily, 19 Feb. 2025

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