self-governed

Example Sentences

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Returning from his Beijing summit with the Chinese leader, the president said that “nothing’s changed” in the U.S. policy toward the democratic, self-governed island.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

As for China, President Xi Jinping has made few outright threats against the self-governed island of Taiwan recently.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

“We’re a sovereign nation. We’re a self-governed tribe. We want to take care of ourselves because we know how to take care of ourselves,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

He was also able to conduct and tour with the Vienna Philharmonic, an elite, self-governed contingent of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

There is here, to-day, a more enlightened, free, self-governed humanity—and we say it without arrogance—than anywhere else on the globe.

From Humanity in the City by Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)