as in pure democracy
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Recent Examples of home rule
Lake Bluff has a home rule sales tax of 1 %, which is collected on all goods with the exception of groceries.
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Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Some Republicans in Congress have even floated repealing home rule.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025
The deployment of federal troops sparked widespread backlash over constitutional limits and home rule rights.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Congress established partial home rule for the District of Columbia in 1973, which allows residents to elect their own mayor, who appoints the police chief.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
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Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Some Republicans in Congress have even floated repealing home rule.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025
The deployment of federal troops sparked widespread backlash over constitutional limits and home rule rights.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Congress established partial home rule for the District of Columbia in 1973, which allows residents to elect their own mayor, who appoints the police chief.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 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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