self-supporting

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That law requires the feds to provide the state 105 million acres, to become economically self-supporting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

These businesses are well established and self-supporting — and provide a modest income every month.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

But if it can solve some of these problems, the discoveries could help others learn how to live in a more self-supporting way.

From NewsForKids.net • Feb. 12, 2024

It’s basically a one-piece, self-supporting fixture with finished surfaces inside and out.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Every human being should be taught that his first duty is to take care of himself, and that to be self-respecting he must be self-supporting.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green