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Recent Examples of self-imposed Most ethical and safety checks in the industry at large are self-imposed. Kevin Collier, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025 Worth noting that one of those visits was self-imposed: Cronin agreed to a mid-December date with North Carolina in Madison Square Garden. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025 Whether self-imposed or through the nature of the job, the power of the deadline helps workers plan and stay on task. Allie Volpe, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025 But some of the delay appears to have been self-imposed. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 Whether external or self-imposed, the pressure to just cheer up can make people feel a lot worse. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024 Oklahoma also self-imposed a 0.1 scholarship reduction in men’s track and field for the 2023-24 season. Justin Williams, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024 Being the first has come with lots of pressure, some of them, or perhaps most of them, self-imposed. Zameena Mejia, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024 The only limits will be those that are self-imposed by the person occupying the Oval Office. Joe Biden, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-imposed
Adjective
  • While there has even been some talk of a military invasion, there are other ways America could gain control of the Arctic territory, such as free association, which is the ability to maintain self-government along with a voluntary and mutual partnership with a sovereign state.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The voluntary program allows people who have two years or less of their sentence remaining to serve the rest of their time in a center that offers help with reentering the community.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Within the past couple of years, the group has become a part of Arrowhead Kingdom, an all-volunteer national network of Chiefs fan groups.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That’s noteworthy for a show based at a high-school auditorium in Litchfield and run by a staff that is almost entirely volunteer, including the show’s star and its producer.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • At the time, Nordstrom was the only retailer willing to partner with the brand.
    Virgie Tovar, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Growing up in a digital-first world, many younger people appear to be desensitized to data collection and are more willing to share personal information online.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Self-imposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-imposed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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