self-sufficiency

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Self-sufficiency in all areas, especially at the very top end of innovation, is likely to be one of the central tenets of the next Five Year Plan.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

Self-sufficiency is great, but it’s hardly the only life path.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020

BOLINAS, Calif. — Self-sufficiency is like perfection, said Lloyd Kahn, the guru of guerrilla architecture and dean of all things D.I.Y.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2020

Self-sufficiency in food is only one test of whether Qatar can withstand the blockade and perhaps even emerge stronger, ready to receive tens of thousands of visitors to the 2022 World Cup.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2017

Self-sufficiency does not seem to be anywhere in Vincent’s near future.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman