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Half a century ago, Shoenfeld says, home rule passed in part because of support from voters in other states.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 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
For the past two years, a quiet war has been broiling in a home rule city in Louisville’s East End.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 23 June 2025
The cases pitted a city's right to home rule, as dictated by the state constitution, with a state law that prohibits local gun regulations.
—Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 June 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 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
For the past two years, a quiet war has been broiling in a home rule city in Louisville’s East End.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 23 June 2025
The cases pitted a city's right to home rule, as dictated by the state constitution, with a state law that prohibits local gun regulations.
—Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 June 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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