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self-determination

[self-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn, self-] / ˈsɛlf dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /


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"We clearly reiterated that the people of Greenland are not for sale and that Greenlanders have the right to self-determination," the prime minister later told reporters.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

What they did share was a brutal colonial past, and a longing to achieve economic self-determination.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“We were fighting not only for sewer, potholes and police protection but for self-determination and empowerment of our community,” Martinez de Vara wrote in a firsthand account of the incorporation campaign.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Her formidable, untitled 2026 sphinx regally commands its space among ancient Egyptian and Roman sculpture, a marvel of the cross-temporal and cross-spatial, spiked with specific references to Black self-determination.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

His transfer of powers of self-determination to inmates provoked loud and repeated charges of coddling.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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