self-governed

Example Sentences

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As for China, President Xi Jinping has made few outright threats against the self-governed island of Taiwan recently.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Its capital Nuuk is self-governed, but relies on Copenhagen for management of currency, foreign relations and defence - as well as substantial subsidies.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

He was also able to conduct and tour with the Vienna Philharmonic, an elite, self-governed contingent of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

The self-governed enclave had 10,000 fighters at its disposal according to Azerbaijan, whose own army - estimated at over 120,000-strong by Western experts - dwarfed it.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

It is a small town in itself, and to a large extent self-dependent and self-governed.

From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice