self-supporting
Example Sentences
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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
To redeem the promise of abolition, Congress acted to alleviate poverty, help newly freed individuals become self-supporting citizens, and ensure access to education.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2024
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 was an essential part of Witherings's plan that the posts should be not only regular and certain but also self-supporting.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
