non-self-governing

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Recent Examples of non-self-governing With these layers of oversight, trusteeships are designed to benefit the inhabitants of non-self-governing territories. Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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Adjective
  • These also told of subject Kushite chiefs who supplied the wood from acacia trees used to build vessels to ship blocks of Aswan stone northwards for the pharaoh’s pyramid.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Observational studies, however, tend to capture a snapshot of mid- to late-life drinking habits, and depend on subject recall, which may not be accurate.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The games of Season 3 As with any death match story, the success of Alice in Borderland is at least partially dependent on the construction of its in-universe gameplay.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • No other country can make government purchases on the scale of China, so import demand outside of China is more dependent on downstream orders, and therefore global consumer demand for apparel and textiles.
    SJ Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Burnout now consumes American physicians, who are overworked, nonautonomous and adrift without help.
    Aaron Rothstein, wsj.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The absence of access for nonautonomous conferences like the American Athletic Conference has also been a point of contention.
    Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 14 May 2021

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