as in independent
able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help
that country was agronomically self-subsistent before industrialization
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independent
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Senator Angus King, who is independent but caucuses with the Democrats, also voted for the Republican bill on Tuesday.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The request Monday is to continue paying the salary for the coalition's two employees, as well as to allow the coalition to separate from Experience Fayetteville and become more independent.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Self-subsistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-subsistent. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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