self-governed
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The schools will establish self-governed student cadet corps programs similar to those of senior military colleges that offer rigorous military education and tactical training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Returning from his Beijing summit with the Chinese leader, the president said that “nothing’s changed” in the U.S. policy toward the democratic, self-governed island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
As for China, President Xi Jinping has made few outright threats against the self-governed island of Taiwan recently.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
He was also able to conduct and tour with the Vienna Philharmonic, an elite, self-governed contingent of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Everybody was thankful that no bombardment had taken place; but many even of the British residents regarded with sincere regret the final extinction of the independence of this once self-governed and well-governed Republic.
From With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Edward P. Lowry
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