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self-sufficiency

noun as in ability to manage for oneself

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He is dwarfed by high-rises: a reminder of the pressures on China to protect food self-sufficiency amid rampant development.

“We will beat up anime kids. … We will bring the American family back to the woods, back to self-sufficiency. … We will oust illegal immigrants with zero mercy.”

From Salon

“Tell us how much you are spending and tell us what the actual results are with respect to self-sufficiency.”

The government says it is on course to achieve its goal of total self-sufficiency in fuels by the first quarter of 2025.

From BBC

In Brightbill’s trek toward self-sufficiency, there’s a bittersweet echo of the parent’s most important job, the one that never truly ends, but when it’s well done, it means goodbye to the life you’ve known together.

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

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