self-support

Example Sentences

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"That's why it's critical we make that support available in GP surgeries and we've given huge support to online provision to allow people to self-support," she added.

From BBC

It assumes that she would have that capacity for independence and self-support as a woman, which is something that was almost anathema to the white columnists of the time.

From Slate

Coast Guard, have demanded a plan “for self-support of the medical issues occurring on board the vessels.”

From Los Angeles Times

The exception applies to children under age 18, or physically or mentally disabled and incapable of self-support.

From Seattle Times

In the 1950s, the newly established People’s Republic of China co-opted Protestant leaders with the Three-Self Church’s anti-colonial slogan: “self-governance, self-support, self-propagation.”

From Los Angeles Times