autonomy
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They view Quebec as having successfully used the threat of separation to gain significantly more autonomy over provincial affairs.
From BBC β Oct. 20, 2026
Now, the autonomy gained by using AI means that all these devices that are less immediate targets become interesting targets as a launchpad to attack more interesting targets.
From Barron's β Oct. 13, 2026
Their maleficent Ronettes angle was funny and self-aware, but utterly sincere about the true promise of Satanism — autonomy, knowledge, freedom.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2026
Soldiers flew drones during limited windows and for half the maximum flight time to conserve battery and avoid losing them, and without full autonomy or any AI to assist.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 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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The underlying premise is that charter schools must have certain autonomies and flexibilities to function effectively.
From Washington Post β 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 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
Opinions in Spain would split according to autonomies and political colour.
From Economist β 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
Vocabulary lists containing autonomy
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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