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Recent Examples of nonautonomous
Burnout now consumes American physicians, who are overworked, nonautonomous and adrift without help.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonautonomous
Adjective
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The goal isn't to create AI-dependent individuals but to use technology as a bridge to greater human engagement and self-determination.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Iberian harvester ants were then dependent on Messor structor ants for their survival, forcing the queens to track down males of another species, which is known as sperm parasitism.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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What does liberty mean and how can it be lived in an unfree world?—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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PSLs seem inevitable here, too — a survey the Broncos sent to fans in 2023 included that very subject.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Add a dash of AI for spellcheck or subject-line testing, and boom!—
Andrew Siemer,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Nonautonomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonautonomous. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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