autonomy
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Saronic set out to develop autonomous vessels with the goal of growing U.S. shipbuilding capacity and “redefine maritime superiority” using autonomy, Mavrookas said in a podcast interview last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But under military pressure, the Kurds this year agreed a deal to integrate their institutions into the state, in a blow to their long-held aspirations for autonomy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
At a charter school, we have quite a bit of autonomy with what we teach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The individual regions, or Lander, he adds, "were given a high degree of autonomy."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
But now the autonomy of this interior domain, long regarded as inviolate, is open to question.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Spinning on an axis of anxiety, “Huesera” raises the provocative idea that motherhood can feel akin to a curse stripping one of stability and sacred autonomies.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
They say it is an important step in closing the wounds left by the state takeover without sacrificing the autonomies that they say have been essential for driving academic progress.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2016
Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2015
Opinions in Spain would split according to autonomies and political colour.
From Economist ● May 15, 2012
The peace and civilization of future humanity must be founded on respect for existing national autonomies.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing autonomy
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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Human Geography - Middle School
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