self-supported
Example Sentences
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The microgrid can be connected to the main power utility source, but also can function while disconnected in "islanding mode," self-supported by alternate energy sources and unaffected by the issues impacting the main utility.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023
Research on how to prepare only went so far, since few people have attempted such long, self-supported SUP trips anywhere, let alone on the Willamette.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
He will cycle self-supported from Texas to New York and Lisbon to Edinburgh - and says he will have a better high-vis jacket and lights this time.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
The fact that it’s self-supported is a big ethos of the race.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2019
The house lights went down; fiery letters stood out solid and as though self-supported in the darkness.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
