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self-help

[self-help, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈhɛlp, ˈsɛlf- /


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The German courier company benefits from self-help measures including 1 billion euros of savings expected from its fit-for-growth program.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“However, positive self-help initiatives may be overshadowed on the day if sales trends have deteriorated since the onset of the fuel crisis,” Forsyth Barr says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Across party lines, governments now promise a familiar basket of benefits: pensions, direct cash transfers, scholarships, free or subsidised electricity, cheap foodgrain, self-help group support for women and allowances for unemployed youth.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He logged mass-market self-help books on his Goodreads: Malcolm Gladwell, James Clear, you name it.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

The school’s philosophy of Negro advancement through self-help and practical and industrial training—the “Hampton Idea,” closely associated with Booker T. Washington, the college’s most famous graduate—mirrored the aspirations and philosophy of the surrounding black community.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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