self-governed
Example Sentences
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He also told Trump that Washington should be "prudent" when supplying weapons to the self-governed island which China has long claimed.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 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
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
The self-governed enclave had 10,000 fighters at its disposal according to Azerbaijan, whose own army - estimated at over 120,000-strong by Western experts - dwarfed it.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023
As the potato was the staple food of the people, this would have been sufficiently disastrous, even in a self-governed country.
From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert
