self-sufficient
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One of the other triggers for the concerns has been a reported breakthrough in the manufacturing process by a Chinese company, potentially making China more self-sufficient in chip design and production.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
China’s rapid advances in AI has been spurred in part by Beijing’s efforts to become self-sufficient as it competes for technological supremacy against the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Anecdotally, for straight women at least, one big “if” is finding a partner who they love, who is self-sufficient, and who would make a good father.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“It is agentic-first, it compresses timelines from months to days and it is designed so customers are self-sufficient when a deployment ends,” Amazon said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
She had always been independent, self-sufficient, but she’d lost that part of herself at the mercy of someone else’s failed dream.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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