self-reliant
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“It’s all very self-reliant farmers and ranchers out here. We don’t want any property tax.”
From Salon • May 3, 2026
His continuing push toward increasing China's production of renewable energy will allow the country to be more self-reliant.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Another potential positive: Increased demand for the country’s asset-heavy companies—shipbuilding, shipping, defense, and electric energy—in a push to boost national security and become more self-reliant.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
The charity further states that it hopes, by providing children in the foster care system with a stable, comfortable environment, it will enable them to grow into “responsible, self-reliant adults.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
From this Anaximander concluded that human beings arose from other animals with more self-reliant newborns: He proposed the spontaneous origin of life in mud, the first animals being fish covered with spines.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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