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Recent Examples of self-reliant America gave me the confidence of being self-reliant, to care for oneself. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 Anyone who visits should be prepared to be fully self-reliant, with extra food, water, and any necessary medications. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025 Another source of pushback is the belief that China needs to be self-reliant use chips made by Chinese designers and manufacturers. Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025 The researchers found that, across all societies, self-reliant strategies (deliberation, especially, followed by intuition) were the most popular. New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-reliant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-reliant
independent
Adjective
  • The McClatchy Commerce Content team, which is independent from our newsroom, oversees this content.
    Calesa Township, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Then, as president, Joe Biden twice said that the people of Taiwan should decide whether to be independent.
    STEPHEN WERTHEIM, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Self-reliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reliant. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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