as in independence
the ability to care for one's self
some people don't achieve self-reliance until they're over 30 years old
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Recent Examples of self-reliance
Trump is giving Europe a necessary push towards self-reliance and resilience.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
At first glance, tariffs appear to boost US self-reliance on critical minerals and reduce dependence on foreign imports, generating energy sovereignty and incentivizing the return of production back home.
—Michaela Rychetska and Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 13 Feb. 2025
Wandering through an unfamiliar city increases self-reliance.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
Deep veins of self-reliance and anti-government sentiment run through these mountains.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-reliance
Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
At first glance, tariffs appear to boost US self-reliance on critical minerals and reduce dependence on foreign imports, generating energy sovereignty and incentivizing the return of production back home.
—Michaela Rychetska and Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 13 Feb. 2025
Wandering through an unfamiliar city increases self-reliance.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
Deep veins of self-reliance and anti-government sentiment run through these mountains.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-reliance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-reliance
Noun
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Thirty years earlier, in 1995, on the weekend before Quebec’s second referendum on independence, my family and I went to Montreal to wander the city, to try to sense what Quebeckers were feeling, but mostly just to be there.—
Ken Dryden,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The unit is also compatible with solar power systems and can run on a generator for complete energy independence.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Europe’s post-historical fantasies will be the first casualty of its struggle for military autonomy.—
Dominic Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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The gesture was not about electricity but autonomy, the desire of the artist to free himself from the restrictive meters and themes of an agit-prop folk tradition.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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If not, why not? Co-locating renewable energy generation, such as solar, wind or hydroelectric, with data centers is one way to enable energy self-sufficiency and reduce the need for power from the grid.—
Javier Cavada,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Maintaining robust workforce development programs like these ensures that libraries remain engines of economic mobility and self-sufficiency.—
Patrick Stewart,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Self-reliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reliance. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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