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self-supporting



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That law requires the feds to provide the state 105 million acres, to become economically self-supporting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

These businesses are well established and self-supporting — and provide a modest income every month.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

He noted the athletic department is self-supporting financially and has been a trailblazer in academic support, strength training and nutrition and more recently in the name, image and likeness space.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2024

But if it can solve some of these problems, the discoveries could help others learn how to live in a more self-supporting way.

From NewsForKids.net • Feb. 12, 2024

It was then and not until then that the posts became self-supporting.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert




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