self-governing
Example Sentences
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Rubio, addressing reporters at the White House, said he was sure that Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would discuss Taiwan, the self-governing democratic island claimed by Beijing.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
As tensions mounted over President Trump's threats to annex Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, the European Parliament in January suspended the approval of the deal.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Puerto Rico is now a self-governing territory of the USA.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
During Greenland’s elections last year, voters gave first place to Demokraatit, a center-right pro-business party that has never held power but is strongly opposed to an American takeover of the self-governing territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Indigenous peoples of what came to be called the Americas were citizens of self-governing nations.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
