How to Use self-determination in a Sentence

self-determination

noun

• These guys are not just restricting the rights, self-determination to bear a child for a young woman.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2024
• But for both men, the pursuit of romantic love proves secondary to the challenge of self-determination.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• The holiday is all about honoring Black self-determination and dreams, so for me, food entrepreneurs are a great place to start.
  — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 19 June 2023
• People feel a strong need for freedom and self-determination right now.
  — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• The United States should recognize the Palestinians as a people with the right to self-determination.
  — Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
• Once you’re centered on this point, the only issue left is how to present to others your commitment to self-determination.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
• But those who denied Jews had the right to self-determination and freedom in their homeland were antisemitic, according to the ADL.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 20 June 2024
• Freedom, to me, is the right of self-determination and human dignity.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2024
• His latest song trades in hope and self-determination, while placing the focus on his voice, as smooth yet gritty and world-weary as the dirt and rocks embedded on a well-trod backroad.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
• Bella becomes a symbol of self-determination in the end.
  — Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• For many, that equates to the right of the Jewish people to have their own state and self-determination in an ancestral homeland after centuries of oppression and ostracism in much of the world.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
• But now, under the self-determination act, name and gender changes will be processed within three months of filing the self-disclosure form.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• The best way to achieve this is still a two-state solution based on self-determination, sovereignty, and security for both peoples.
  — Mary Robinson, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
• Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination.
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
• But Catholic nationalists wanted self-determination, and the result was the conflict known as the Troubles.
  — Megan Specia Andrew Testa, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• Hezbollah continues to bill itself as a group fighting for Lebanon's right to self-determination.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
• These clearly violate our right to self-determination and freedom of thought.
  — Nita Farahany, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
• For Hsiao and all of Taiwan, the impetus is to win the argument regarding the island’s right to self-determination in the court of global opinion to help stave off any potential conflict.
  — Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024
• Across the world, protesters demanding an end to Israel’s war in Gaza have worn the black-and-white keffiyeh headscarf, a symbol of Palestinian self-determination.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
• The pair explain the significance of the watermelon: a symbol of both Black and Palestinian self-determination, a crop grown by farmers there and in the American South by slaves.
  — Michael Love Michael, Them, 19 July 2024
• Both Egypt and Jordan have rejected such an idea in the past for fear of being seen as interfering in Palestinian self-determination.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
• Perhaps the same reflection is apt here: If the people choose a president hobbled by criminal sanctions, that is a form of self-determination too.
  — Stefanie Lindquist, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Trying to remove the people’s power of self-determination is the fastest way to lose popularity.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
• Your book The Battle for Your Brain defines cognitive liberty as the rights to mental privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2023
• Though some might disagree, the outcome wasn't a surprise to Luxx, who was applauded by RuPaul and her fellow competitors for her self-determination, faith in herself and vocal self-love.
  — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
• These albums once again showcased Taylor’s self-determination and echoed the feminist movement that defined this year.
  — Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2023
• The establishment of Israel was the fulfillment of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination, a beacon of hope and resilience against the backdrop of centuries of persecution.
  — Russell Schwartz, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
• Oregon’s self-serve-gas bill is a small victory for freedom in a state otherwise at war with the concepts of human self-sufficiency and self-determination.
  — Jeff Eager, National Review, 11 July 2023
• Catlett embodied self-determination and universality, which led her to craft artworks that function ahead of and outside time.
  — Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• Like Water for Chocolate is, at its core, a story about self-determination, and about the horrors, violent and otherwise, that can ensue when those with power deny others autonomy.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024