How to Use self-governance in a Sentence
self-governance
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Critics have said the law takes away self-governance in Jackson and Hinds County.
—USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
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The names of the store and the nonprofit nod to D.C.’s self-governance, itself in as precarious a situation as the debt ceiling was a few weeks ago.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
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For any kind of future agreement, if there is to be one, there has to be clarity that the Palestinian public does not just want self-governance.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
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Leaving behind any trace of pop, Guzmán places all bets on her core sound, punk rock, and delivers hard-hitting lyrics about self-governance.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2023
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The governor is trying to strip the company of its self-governance, and has proposed that a prison or a competing theme park be built near Walt Disney World.
—Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
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Certain core themes — about nature’s self-governance, for instance, or the author’s quest for fame — echo across these works in ways that demonstrate her playful approach to genre and her audience.
—Anne M. Thell, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
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Broadly, the Security Council aimed at the two main prongs of security and self-governance.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
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Only a true American, the Founders believed, had the right to participate in American self-governance.
—Time, 15 Aug. 2023
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Hybrid models, like on Reddit, mix centralized and self-governance.
—Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
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On a smaller scale, total self-governance – echoing early online spaces – could be key for communities that serve specific subsets of users.
—Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
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Local self-governance may, of course, be oppressive or exclusionary.
—Ashish Kothari, Scientific American, 1 June 2021
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The secretive Judicial Conference is tasked with self-governance.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2023
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The committee’s next hearing is the latest sign of House Republicans seeking to rein in the district’s self-governance, especially its local jurisdiction over crime and public safety.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 4 May 2023
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During the free month-long program, students combine classroom study with manual labor and self-governance, aspects intended to give them hands-on experience with the natural world and build their civic engagement skills.
—Maliya Ellis, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
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No one knows how much the impeachment trial will end up costing Texas taxpayers, but legal experts say such expenses are critically important to self-governance.
—Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 19 June 2023
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An election run smoothly, delivering a complex result that will force the parties to share levers of power, is another victory for Taiwan’s democratic self-governance and a setback for Beijing.
—David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
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Policing grew out of these dominant capitalist dynamics, rather than some idealized vision of self-governance or a notion of security for all.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
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The Chinese Communist government has consistently claimed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the island's self-governance and the absence of any historical rule.
—TIME, 13 Jan. 2024
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Because this act proved devastating to tribes, Congress enacted the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934 in an attempt to remedy the harmful effects of allotment and to promote tribal self-governance.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
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Historically, Tanden said, federal policies attacked Native people’s rights to self-governance and caused lasting economic damage.
—Colleen Long, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2023
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Perhaps counterintuitively, this uneven relationship is what Osages have used to assert self-governance.
—TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
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But ultimate, with its emphasis on self-governance, provides an opportunity to foster peace among Assam’s newest generation.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2023
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Establishing these towns provided Black people with the opportunity for self-governance and independence.
—Imani Perry, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
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Unlike America’s renowned Declaration of Independence, which lays out a detailed philosophical argument for self-governance, republicanism, and natural rights, Israel’s has long been seen as little more than a pragmatic statement of intent.
—Bobby Miller, National Review, 29 Apr. 2023
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