as in independent
not being under the rule or control of another
Native American nations are regarded as autonomous in many respects and thus not subject to a number of state and local laws
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Recent Examples of autonomous
Now, the military is trying to keep up with the innovation going on in the private sector—AI and autonomous vehicles, drones, etc.
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Edward Felsenthal, TIME, 16 Mar. 2025
This vision of the future is becoming increasingly real thanks to advancements in autonomous driving technology.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Several of the prisoners are former high-ranking officials of Nagorno-Karabakh's autonomous breakaway government, including three former presidents and an ex-state minister (effectively the prime minister), Ruben Vardanyan.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Waymo currently operates 300 fully autonomous cars in San Francisco, and their parking violations are less than 1% of the 1.2 million tickets issued city-wide in 2024, the Post notes.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2025
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Edward Felsenthal, TIME, 16 Mar. 2025
This vision of the future is becoming increasingly real thanks to advancements in autonomous driving technology.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Several of the prisoners are former high-ranking officials of Nagorno-Karabakh's autonomous breakaway government, including three former presidents and an ex-state minister (effectively the prime minister), Ruben Vardanyan.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Waymo currently operates 300 fully autonomous cars in San Francisco, and their parking violations are less than 1% of the 1.2 million tickets issued city-wide in 2024, the Post notes.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autonomous
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Landmark, once the go-to chain to launch independent films, fell on hard times as did many during Covid, was strapped for cash and pivoted to add big studio fare to its lineup.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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Four years ago, for instance, Kurt Almqvist, an independent scholar and book publisher, found Anna Cassel’s journals—some 60 notebooks—in a storage cubby on the Swedish Anthroposophical Society compound.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That agreement recognizes the Pacific archipelago as a sovereign nation that conducts its own foreign policy but gives the U.S. control over defense and security.—
Danica Kirka,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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This imperils not only American democracy but also other democratic sovereign nations.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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The coed boarding school in Wiltshire is around an hour from their home in Windsor and could accommodate all three of their children, meaning no separate arrangements would need to be made for Charlotte.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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And of the approximately 100 best-selling drugs examined in a separate study covering roughly the same time period, nearly 80% received an additional patent to extend their monopoly period beyond what was originally intended.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Autonomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autonomous. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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