self-determining
Example Sentences
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But Finland kept the most important, most imperishable thing: its full independence as a free, self-determining nation.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2022
“By giving them these spaces, we are really setting up teens to advocate for themselves, and also to live self-determining lives later on, instead of just learning from adults.”
From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2021
“One of the amazing things about Wakanda is that it is an African nation that is wholly self-determining and without influence from the outside, without westernizing influence. It’s never been conquered or colonized.”
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2018
The main characters in Olivier Assayas’s “Clouds of Sils Maria” are complicated, self-determining women beautifully played by Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2015
The advocates of self-determining power account for them by referring them to a self-determined will.
From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip