as in independence
the ability to care for one's self
self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards
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The client is rarely trained on how to develop self-sufficiency once a consultant’s work ends, creating a never-ending cycle that inhibits real innovation from occurring.
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
What to expect In a wide-ranging speech lasting about an hour, Prabowo said self-sufficiency for food was possible within five years, while also pledging to become self-sufficient in energy.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
The bakery had modeled Black economic self-sufficiency since its founding in the 1960s and evolved into a powerful Oakland institution, with deep political connections.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
As part of moves to counter U.S. restrictions and build chip self-sufficiency, China has already reportedly been directing some of its largest telecommunications carriers to cease use of foreign chips from companies like Intel.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
What to expect In a wide-ranging speech lasting about an hour, Prabowo said self-sufficiency for food was possible within five years, while also pledging to become self-sufficient in energy.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
The bakery had modeled Black economic self-sufficiency since its founding in the 1960s and evolved into a powerful Oakland institution, with deep political connections.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
As part of moves to counter U.S. restrictions and build chip self-sufficiency, China has already reportedly been directing some of its largest telecommunications carriers to cease use of foreign chips from companies like Intel.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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That point drew closer still in late October, when the Umbrella for Democratic Change, Botswana’s principal opposition party alliance, defeated the abusive and corrupt incumbent Botswana Democratic Party, which had held power continuously since the country gained independence in 1966.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Powell's comments are likely to be seen as a bid to maintain the Fed's long-standing independence from outside political influence, though whether such immunity actually exists in practice has sometimes been debated.Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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But as Carlin points out in his book, band members never sacrificed their creative autonomy for profit, never conceded quality control to move units.Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Along the campaign trail, Harris has invited a coterie of celebrity guests to speak and perform at her rallies including Beyoncé and actress and singer Kelly Rowland, who took the stage during a Houston rally to advocate for female autonomy.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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And cowboys, working the grueling cattle drives, came to embody values linked to the frontier: self-reliance, strength and independence.Hannah Cutting-Jones, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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Alpha Kappa Alpha, like Alpha Phi Alpha before it, was forged as an act of self-reliance: inspired by stories of sorority life on other college campuses, Ethel Hedgemon Lyle, a Howard student from St. Louis, recruited classmates to create a group of their own, in the spring of 1907.Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Self-sufficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sufficiency. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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