self-sufficiency
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That makes complete self-sufficiency -- an idea Netanyahu previously invoked when he said Israel should become more like "Sparta" -- unrealistic for now.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
The “Made in China 2025” plan released in 2015 that caused so much consternation in the West earmarked 10 industries for self-sufficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Since its founding, Mr. Preston says, “we’ve pivoted away from just being hands and feet for people in that place of need, to helping people with self-sufficiency and economic mobility to take care of themselves.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
But Nixon spends most of the half-hour talking about “Project Independence,” a pie-in-the-sky proposal for U.S. energy self-sufficiency by 1980.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
He had built a wall of self-sufficiency around himself, strong enough to defend him against the world.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
