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as in democratic
of, relating to, or favoring political democracy
having rid itself of the yoke of colonialism, the new nation chose to be a self-ruling state
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as in independent
not being under the rule or control of another
was granted special status as a self-ruling province
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Recent Examples of self-ruling
In recent years, Beijing has ramped up economic, diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan – a self-ruling democracy the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own despite having never governed it.
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Eric Cheung, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
In a meeting earlier with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Raisi expressed support for China's crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong and claim to self-ruling democratic Taiwan.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2023
Eric Cheung, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
In a meeting earlier with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Raisi expressed support for China's crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong and claim to self-ruling democratic Taiwan.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2023
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Kennedy, who ran for the Democratic nomination then as an independent candidate before dropping out and endorsing Trump, espouses debunked views on public health—including skepticism about the efficacy of childhood vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Moore could have asked his Democratic legislature to pass a bill to rescind this legislation.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
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Kennedy, who ran for the Democratic nomination then as an independent candidate before dropping out and endorsing Trump, espouses debunked views on public health—including skepticism about the efficacy of childhood vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Frank Yeary, independent chair of the board of Intel, will serve as interim executive chair.Ryan Gould, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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Its recent campaign, AI 2030, asks world leaders to endorse AI safety commitments such as banning fully autonomous weapons of destruction.Sarah Emerson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Fully autonomous planes could be coming to a flight near you—and that’s not a good thing.David Meyer, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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The foreign sovereign debt is now one of Latin America’s largest, at more than four hundred billion dollars.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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The yield on the country’s 10-year sovereign bond quickly sank to 6.74% after the release, from around 6.8%.Lim Hui Jie,Matt Clinch, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
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The area features 12 separate spots to get your fill, and every local’s got their own ideas about which is best.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
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Maybe that will come in 2027 when Sam Mendes plans to release four separate, interwoven movies about the members of the Beatles, each told from the perspective of a different band member.Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Self-ruling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-ruling. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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