autonomy
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Through the late 1880s and 1890s, Woods remained independent and invented prolifically—nearly 60 inventions in all—but autonomy came at a cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
“Lonna deserves what all women deserve — autonomy over her own body,” said attorney Lisa Bloom.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Beta simply grants Coltrane the autonomy to define her own experience, which shouldn’t be radical, and yet it is.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Perhaps France fears that its strategic autonomy would be weakened by joining a bank that it would only partly own.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
My mom’s magical thinking allows her to believe that I have total autonomy over my life.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Vocabulary lists containing autonomy
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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Human Geography - Middle School
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This Week in Words: September 22 - 28, 2018
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