self-rule
Example Sentences
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"The issue of self-rule is one of the major problems between the two sides."
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Greenlanders won their own parliament in 1979 and achieved self-rule within the Danish kingdom in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
The Dalai Lama has advocated a "middle way" to resolve the status of Tibet - genuine self-rule for Tibet within China.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy in the name of self-rule.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
Two men there, Salámán and Asál,804 have raised themselves to a higher level of self-rule.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
