self-determining

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But it is more interested in the trails he blazed as a Black cultural figure and self-determining professional athlete, and it favors writers, pundits and scholars over basketball players in its interviews.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2023

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

But the fabled "innovation" of the private sector never seems to be able to extend itself towards making jobs more self-determining and satisfying.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2013

If will be a cause, it will be self-determining; for all cause is self-determining, or, in other words, is in its inherent nature active, and the ground of phenomena.

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