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autonomy

[aw-ton-uh-mee] / ɔˈtɒn ə mi /


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The subsequent wave is based on the rise of AI agents that complete tasks with varying degrees of autonomy, complexity and duration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

To give employees more autonomy, managers should first lay out clear guidelines, principles and guardrails for the work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Now, the autonomy gained by using AI means that all these devices that are less immediate targets become interesting targets as a launchpad to attack more interesting targets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Their maleficent Ronettes angle was funny and self-aware, but utterly sincere about the true promise of Satanism — autonomy, knowledge, freedom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

My mom’s magical thinking allows her to believe that I have total autonomy over my life.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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 ● Jun. 8, 2022

They say it is an important step in closing the wounds left by the state takeover without sacrificing the autonomies that they say have been essential for driving academic progress.

From Washington Post ● May 10, 2016

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2015

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

From Economist ● May 15, 2012

As he trimmed my beard he ranted about autonomies, puny city against puny city.

From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett


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