autonomy
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Like her sister, she never doubts for one minute that she is a first-class citizen, entitled to equal rights, bodily autonomy, basic respect and a life of her choosing.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 4, 2026
There’s a big, global capex cycle at work, a boom in defense spending and the development of energy autonomy in the newly-deglobalized world.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 3, 2026
Pyka and Windracers are building aircraft from scratch, arguing this allows autonomy to be designed in from the outset and the aircraft tailored to the job.
From BBC β Sep. 1, 2026
"What Egypt is seeking is strategic autonomy: not breaking with Washington, not aligning completely with Beijing, but creating enough room to pursue its own national interests," he added.
From Barron's β Sep. 1, 2026
Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds.
From "An Indigenous Peopleβs History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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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 β 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 β May 10, 2016
Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms.
From Washington Post β Mar. 9, 2015
Opinions in Spain would split according to autonomies and political colour.
From Economist β May 15, 2012
The respective autonomies of the individual, the clan, the hsien and the nation are accounted for; the nature of the democratic nationalist state becomes clear.
From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
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To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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Human Geography - Middle School
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