self-determining

Example Sentences

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But Finland kept the most important, most imperishable thing: its full independence as a free, self-determining nation.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2022

“By giving them these spaces, we are really setting up teens to advocate for themselves, and also to live self-determining lives later on, instead of just learning from adults.”

From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2021

The main characters in Olivier Assayas’s “Clouds of Sils Maria” are complicated, self-determining women beautifully played by Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2015

They are “autonomous and self-determining beings”, he argued, and therefore deserve the right to bodily liberty.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2015

In the third place,—Edwards virtually allows the self-determining power of will.

From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip