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 said Japan was closely monitoring developments on self-governed Taiwan as well.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024

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

A democratic form of government is right or it is not right—it is either right that the people should be self-governed or that they should not.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted