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self-sustaining

adjective as in closed

adjective as in self-reliant

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Further flights, he said, would fulfill the goal of building a “self-sustaining city in about 20 years.”

Richardson said since the program is based on loans that will be repaid over time, it will be self-sustaining.

Asheville has always had such a rich and self-sustaining food scene made up of brewers, cheese makers and farmers.

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This in turn intensifies the warming of permafrost underneath the water, creating a self-sustaining thawing process in and around the lake.

Most importantly, though, the Community Solutions report broke down how climate change fuels homelessness in a vicious, self-sustaining cycle.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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