self-sustaining
Example Sentences
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The country must act fast - building a regulated, self-sustaining recycling system, raising household awareness, and integrating waste collection into solar business models.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
‘The beauty of biotech today versus five years ago is we have a number of examples of companies that launched products on their own and became self-sustaining.’
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
No one should be under the illusion that a Mars settlement, even with a million people, could be fully independent of Earth and entirely self-sustaining.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
“How can we monetize and make those models work so they’re self-sustaining and less dependent on philanthropic support?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
It would have lacked the energy to sustain itself under normal conditions, however, the fission bomb provides it with all the energy it requires to grow and become self-sustaining.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
