self-sufficient

Example Sentences

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But the report warns that the UK is "unable" to be food self-sufficient at present based on current diets and prices – and full self-sufficiency would also require "very substantial price increases" for consumers.

From BBC

“It is not a diversified economy and it is going to take a while for it to become self-sufficient,” said Otto Svendsen, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like in so many industries, from renewables to AI, China has long pushed to be self-sufficient in food too.

From BBC

"If many critics sneer and say we can't achieve food self-sufficiency, today we prove that we are food self-sufficient," Prabowo said.

From Barron's

Buffett has said he purposely purchases companies that are so self-sufficient that they can thrive regardless of who is at Berkshire’s helm.

From The Wall Street Journal