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autonomy

[aw-ton-uh-mee] / Ι”ΛˆtΙ’n Ι™ mi /


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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 ● 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 ● Oct. 13, 2026

"I'm in a happy, healthy relationship and I have total autonomy over my own life," says the singer, now in her early 30s.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Others are drawn by the autonomy and by social media, inexpensive digital tools and AI that made it easier and cheaper to strike out on their own.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 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 People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

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

Opinions in Spain would split according to autonomies and political colour.

From Economist ● May 15, 2012

But the foreigners, probably not understanding these separate autonomies, did not relish these requisitions, and Franklin found that he could do nothing.

From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse


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