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autonomy

[aw-ton-uh-mee] / ษ”หˆtษ’n ษ™ mi /


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The other key determinant of the copper price in recent years has been the growing impact of geopolitics, deglobalization, disrupted supply chains and resource autonomy.

From MarketWatch โ— Sep. 10, 2026

Like her sister, she never doubts for one minute that she is a first-class citizen, entitled to equal rights, bodily autonomy, basic respect and a life of her choosing.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Sep. 4, 2026

There was a plan, too, to give the wider U.S. business more autonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Sep. 2, 2026

According to analysts, Cairo will use the summit to underscore its strategic autonomy, showing it can leverage its close ties with both Washington and Beijing.

From Barron's โ— Sep. 2, 2026

It was the slow retraction, the retreat into autonomy which signaled the approaching end of Briony’s childhood.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The underlying premise is that charter schools must have certain autonomies and flexibilities to function effectively.

From Washington Post โ— Jan. 9, 2023

Spinning on an axis of anxiety, “Huesera” raises the provocative idea that motherhood can feel akin to a curse stripping one of stability and sacred autonomies.

From New York Times โ— Jun. 8, 2022

Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms.

From Washington Post โ— Mar. 9, 2015

Opinions in Spain would split according to autonomies and political colour.

From Economist โ— May 15, 2012

The respective autonomies of the individual, the clan, the hsien and the nation are accounted for; the nature of the democratic nationalist state becomes clear.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger




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