as in independent
able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help
the college student worked nights so that he would be self-sufficient
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Recent Examples of self-sufficient
To top it off, Ferrari claims the Hypersail will be the first 100-foot yacht in the world to be entirely self-sufficient.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
The rocketeer claimed each of these organisms — floating in the void, crowding stars like phototropic cosmic foliage — would resemble a miniature biosphere, being metabolically self-sufficient.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Very few countries can physically be self-sufficient.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
Over the course of a three-year journey across the Americas, YouTuber Sandro van Kuijck has pushed his Tesla Model X far beyond typical use cases, turning it into a self-sufficient platform for long-distance overlanding.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
The rocketeer claimed each of these organisms — floating in the void, crowding stars like phototropic cosmic foliage — would resemble a miniature biosphere, being metabolically self-sufficient.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Very few countries can physically be self-sufficient.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
Over the course of a three-year journey across the Americas, YouTuber Sandro van Kuijck has pushed his Tesla Model X far beyond typical use cases, turning it into a self-sufficient platform for long-distance overlanding.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sufficient
independent
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The following year, the City Council called for an independent commission to advise on overhauling the city’s criminal-justice system; it was chaired by Jonathan Lippman, a former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and Richards became a member.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Luckily these pests can be controlled with a natural spray of spinosad found in Bonide, Fertilome and Southern Ag brands of insecticides usually offered for caterpillar control at independent garden centers.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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“Self-sufficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sufficient. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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