as in independence
the ability to care for one's self
self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards
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Recent Examples of self-sufficiency
Many families facing real but invisible barriers to work need additional support in order to achieve lasting stability and self-sufficiency.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Born in Tangier to Spanish parents, María Ángeles lives out her widowhood with cheerful self-sufficiency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
This level of homegrown production underscores the country’s broader push to achieve self-sufficiency in cutting-edge technologies that are critical to its long-term energy transition and clean power ambitions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
With Mercury retrograde in your sign starting on the 15th, old fears around your self-sufficiency might be resurfacing.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-sufficiency
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Born in Tangier to Spanish parents, María Ángeles lives out her widowhood with cheerful self-sufficiency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
This level of homegrown production underscores the country’s broader push to achieve self-sufficiency in cutting-edge technologies that are critical to its long-term energy transition and clean power ambitions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
With Mercury retrograde in your sign starting on the 15th, old fears around your self-sufficiency might be resurfacing.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-sufficiency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sufficiency
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Sitake’s steadiness helped BYU escape the choppy waters of FBS independence and transition into a Power 4 conference in 2023.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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But excellence and independence are all but impossible to consistently maintain without the steady backing of mentors or salaries, and when the incentives of the internet reward virality no matter how it’s achieved.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Operators input mission goals on the tablet, and the MATRIX autonomy software generates and executes a flight plan, using onboard sensors and algorithms to navigate safely and avoid obstacles.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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The commentary and candor reflected in these conversations are an indication of the types of new narratives that can and will take center stage as female athletes begin to have more ownership and autonomy.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
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The West has arrived not as a singular arsenal, but as one vector in a survival strategy built on redundancy and self-reliance.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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China doesn’t just have the ability to soak up punishment from the US in the form of tariffs and sanctions — the culmination of decades of Chinese industrial policy aimed at self-reliance in core technologies.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Self-sufficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sufficiency. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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