self-determining
Example Sentences
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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
They want a democracy that provides them with equality as self-determining citizens.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2019
When we have denied liberty, in denying a self-determining power, these definitions in order to make out a quasi liberty and ability, are nothing but ingenious folly and plausible deception.
From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan
