as in independence
the ability to care for one's self
self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards
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Recent Examples of self-sufficiency
Years of tightening export controls have injected both urgency and opportunity into Beijing’s push for self-sufficiency, Lin said.
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John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025
Farmers like Joe are helping to move his country of 237 million people toward self-sufficiency in rice.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2025
Push for tech independence Huawei’s open-source shift directly supports Beijing’s broader push for technological self-sufficiency.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
As external aid declines and donor priorities shift, self-sufficiency becomes both a strategic and financial imperative.
—Francisca Mutapi, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025
Farmers like Joe are helping to move his country of 237 million people toward self-sufficiency in rice.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2025
Push for tech independence Huawei’s open-source shift directly supports Beijing’s broader push for technological self-sufficiency.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
As external aid declines and donor priorities shift, self-sufficiency becomes both a strategic and financial imperative.
—Francisca Mutapi, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-sufficiency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sufficiency
Noun
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The Athletic maintains full editorial independence.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Despite the change, the country remains home to the longest-running civil war in the world since gaining its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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For independent, rural hospitals, the networks are an alternative to shutting down or reducing services, or to giving up local autonomy and joining a large hospital system.—
Arielle Zionts,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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Witches were no longer solely perceived as agents of Satan, but cool girls and women who had agency and autonomy over their lives.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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If anything, your self-reliance might be keeping you from the perfect career opportunity.—
Colleen Batchelder,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The incident highlights the challenges of policing and ensuring safety in a temporary city of more than 70,000 people built in the isolation of Nevada's Black Rock Desert, raising questions about how the festival can balance its ethos of self-reliance with the realities of crime and public safety.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Self-sufficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sufficiency. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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