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Recent Examples of semiautonomous
Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen after the country’s national broadcaster reported that three people linked to President Donald Trump had been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Richard Hall, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
This could be an alternative to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that connects oil fields in Basra to Ceyhan, bypassing Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region entirely.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Drastic political changes have created an increasingly restricted environment for them in the semiautonomous Chinese city once regarded as a bastion of press freedom in Asia.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist, says his 2019 revocation of Kashmir’s semiautonomous status ended a decades-long separatist insurgency and allowed tourism to flourish, a narrative that was shattered by the attack last month.
—Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC news, 6 May 2025
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Richard Hall, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
This could be an alternative to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that connects oil fields in Basra to Ceyhan, bypassing Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region entirely.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Drastic political changes have created an increasingly restricted environment for them in the semiautonomous Chinese city once regarded as a bastion of press freedom in Asia.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist, says his 2019 revocation of Kashmir’s semiautonomous status ended a decades-long separatist insurgency and allowed tourism to flourish, a narrative that was shattered by the attack last month.
—Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC news, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiautonomous
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As geopolitical competition intensifies and adversaries rapidly scale autonomous systems of their own, autonomy increasingly becomes a national security imperative.—
Tim Burns,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Such a drone boat is supposedly capable of continuous, autonomous loiter operations in which the Corsair maintains its position while autonomously regulating power consumption and only engaging its engine when needed, according to a Saronic blog post.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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Panahi’s lawyer Mostafa Nili announced the decision by the court to reject the director’s appeal during a press briefing in Tehran on Sunday, according to independent film journalist Mansour Jahani and other sources.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
7 June 2026
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Over his career, he was described as a blunt, independent, outspoken politician who was a maverick, boat-rocker, loose cannon, skilled partisan, and, above all, political survivor.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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“Semiautonomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiautonomous. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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