self-sustained
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A Marine Expeditionary Unit is a self-sustained unit that operates off ships, using them as a mobile base.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Despite their early contributions, notably the achievement of the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction in December 1942, the project’s center of gravity had shifted to Los Alamos.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025
"It's not a self-sustained ecosystem," Mr Harward says.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025
When heart rhythm abnormality occurs in a self-sustained manner, it is called re-entrant arrhythmia, which is usually fatal.
From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024
They hung there, seemingly self-sustained, as though watching.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
