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Recent Examples of self-governance Trump’s federal intervention in the nation’s capital represents an unusual assertion of presidential authority under the D.C. Home Rule Act that has long afforded the city a greater degree of self-governance. Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Aug. 2025 The 1973 Home Rule Act gave D.C. its limited form of self-governance while retaining certain powers for Congress and the president. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025 The party line is that Washingtonians are some kind of American Gazans, denied self-governance by colonizers. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025 Trump has repeatedly threatened to strip the district’s government of its home rule, which allows the federal district to maintain limited self-governance. David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-governance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-governance
Noun
  • The English song is inspired by ‘90s boom bap hip-hop, exuding the singer’s self-assurance, autonomy, and fearless nature.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • From Kerouac’s On the Road to Ridley Scott’s Thelma and Louise, the car has been our cultural shorthand for autonomy and escape.
    Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Peace cannot be achieved by ceding sovereignty.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As with much of the South China Sea, Beijing asserts sovereignty over wide swaths of territory that overlap with claims by other governments—including the Philippines.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The craft seller at a roadside market is earning her independence.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The trial and prosecution of Bolsonaro became a test for the independence of Brazilian judiciary, which did not buckle under domestic or international political pressure.
    Adriana Carranca, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a certain freedom not having social media available from your app launcher, knowing you won’t get disturbed on this device, but are still able to sit back with a good book, some light jazz, and… not much else.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Self-governance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-governance. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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