as in independent
not being under the rule or control of another
far beyond the reach of civil or military authorities, the settlers on the frontier were essentially self-governed
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Recent Examples of self-governed
Greenland, which became self-governed in 2009, was colonized by Denmark some 300 years ago and still controls Greenland’s foreign and defense policies.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The ratification announcement was the culmination of a decade-long effort by American Single Malt producers to legitimize a style of whiskey that was self-governed and, for all intents and purposes, already standardized.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Local nonprofit Safe Ground Sacramento was responsible for operating the camp, which was self-governed by residents.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Council membership is entirely self-governed, vendor free, and prioritizes cross-industry members to ensure nuanced perspectives.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Although Taiwan has been self-governed for more than seven decades, it is not recognized by the U.N. as a nation in its own right, with the organization regarding Beijing as the island’s diplomatic representative.
—Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The ratification announcement was the culmination of a decade-long effort by American Single Malt producers to legitimize a style of whiskey that was self-governed and, for all intents and purposes, already standardized.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Local nonprofit Safe Ground Sacramento was responsible for operating the camp, which was self-governed by residents.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Council membership is entirely self-governed, vendor free, and prioritizes cross-industry members to ensure nuanced perspectives.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Although Taiwan has been self-governed for more than seven decades, it is not recognized by the U.N. as a nation in its own right, with the organization regarding Beijing as the island’s diplomatic representative.
—Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-governed
Adjective
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In the future, Axiom plans to launch its own module to the ISS, which will eventually grow in its components and undock from the orbital lab to become its own independent space station.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
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The original plan to resolve this—to spin out OpenAI into an independent, for-profit company—was scrapped in May and replaced with a new approach, which will turn OpenAI’s for-profit group into a public benefit corporation controlled by the nonprofit.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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New Shepard is an autonomous, fully reusable vehicle that consists of a first-stage booster and a crew capsule.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
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The unit has more than 50 corporate customers, including the autonomous vehicle company Aurora and Niantic, the creator of Pokemon Go that recently ditched the games business to pivot to enterprise AI.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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This reminds me that most of my conversations at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos were spent discussing countries’ needs for a disconnected, sovereign AI cloud.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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That, potentially, is as much of a weakness, longer term, as a shortage of sovereign AI computing infrastructure.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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All are coordinated and named by a single body, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which has a separate name list for typhoons.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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The Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James have a long history in two separate stints with each other.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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“Self-governed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-governed. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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