self-sustaining

In total, government accountants report, the two programs would need an immediate injection of $88 trillion to be made self-sustaining.

The formic acid, in turn, provides fuel for the cell's growth, creating a self-sustaining loop that drives pigment production.

That would create a simpler, more transparent and self-sustaining system without generating systemic stress.

That would feed the tech giant’s flywheel model, a self-sustaining cycle of growth in which more subscribers means more money to spend on content, which in turn attracts even more users.

In a not-too-distant future when the world has been laid waste by some toxic substance that renders the air poisonous, humanity has been forced underground, into a self-sustaining silo.