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as in choices
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting
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as in freedoms
the state of being free from the control or power of another
finding the mother country's treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy
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The game honors the weight of player choices from the original, allowing players to define whether Chloe survived the storm in Arcadia Bay and the nature of their relationship — whether friends or lovers.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Pisces February 19 – March 20 Pisces, your sensitivity guides smart choices.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Rights groups in the North African kingdom have described the case as a political measure aimed at curbing freedoms.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Conservatives used to understand that federalism is one of the core founding principles that protects our freedoms, but not any more.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Black Sea region stands out as a canvas of chokepoints and competing sovereignties, of energy routes and grain corridors, of overlapping jurisdictions and unresolved conflicts.—
Galip Dalay,
Time,
19 Aug. 2025
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The show, criticized for liberties taken, will presumably depict the fatal crash.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Rather, our liberties would be saved by the ragtag battalions of night people doing their tireless work, unpaid, unheralded, and largely unseen.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Autonomies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autonomies. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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