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Recent Examples of home rule
However, the administration refused this week to rule out using the military to take over Greenland, a former Danish colony that’s been under home rule since 1979.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
The law’s far-reaching impacts have prompted an outcry from Florida residents, local officials and home rule advocates, who argue that locals should have the right to plan the future of their cities and counties.
—Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
The snow route covers 2,750 miles of roadway, but Greenberg said that some roads — including those part of a homeowner’s association or suburban home rule cities — are not included.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
What began as a domestic dispute over taxes, trading rights, and home rule soon metastasized into something much bigger and broader, pulling in enslaved people as well as Native people and French and Spanish speakers living along the length of the Mississippi River.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
The law’s far-reaching impacts have prompted an outcry from Florida residents, local officials and home rule advocates, who argue that locals should have the right to plan the future of their cities and counties.
—Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
The snow route covers 2,750 miles of roadway, but Greenberg said that some roads — including those part of a homeowner’s association or suburban home rule cities — are not included.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
What began as a domestic dispute over taxes, trading rights, and home rule soon metastasized into something much bigger and broader, pulling in enslaved people as well as Native people and French and Spanish speakers living along the length of the Mississippi River.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for home rule
pure democracy
Noun
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In their rankings, 100 is a pure democracy and zero indicates a dictatorship.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Which is what a pure democracy is. House representatives and senators are now majority-elected.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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