self-rule
Example Sentences
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A 1973 law expanded self-rule in the nation’s capital, letting D.C. residents elect a mayor and city council with legislative powers.
From Washington Times
The PA exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank under 1990s interim peace deals with Israel.
From Reuters
This is part of Beijing’s blitzkrieg against freedom in Hong Kong, a former British colony for which the Communists had pledged self-rule in an international treaty a quarter-century ago.
From Washington Post
All was quiet by the time Muslim noon prayers were held, but the incident drew condemnation by the Palestinian Authority, which administers limited self-rule in the occupied West Bank.
From Reuters
Taxes collected by Israel form about half of the income of the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
