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autonomy

[aw-ton-uh-mee] / ɔˈtɒn ə mi /


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Creator Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-nominated postapocalyptic sci-fi series “Pluribus” focuses on a dozen or so people who somehow held onto their autonomy and did not join the rest of humanity as a collective, single-minded pod.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

That sense of autonomy shaped how she expresses herself online today, and she believes that a revived MySpace should avoid the algorithmic, pay-to-play dynamics that dominate modern platforms.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

The company has emphasized the importance of sovereign AI, pushing to give organizations autonomy over their data and models.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

As much as we might wish otherwise, Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift are not like us, and we cannot measure their autonomy and power on the same scale as ours.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

Scholars debate these estimates, but nobody disputes that the Haudenosaunee exemplified the formidable tradition of limited government and personal autonomy shared by many cultures north of the Rio Grande.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The underlying premise is that charter schools must have certain autonomies and flexibilities to function effectively.

From Washington Post Jan. 9, 2023

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

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

As he trimmed my beard he ranted about autonomies, puny city against puny city.

From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett




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