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
Ultimately, the Trump administration’s H20 chip ban, though initially disruptive, is likely to reinforce a trend already in motion: accelerating China’s push toward self-sufficiency in AI hardware and software ecosystems.
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The tendency for successive U.S. administrations to regularly reverse the policy initiatives of their predecessors has heightened this uncertainty, frustrating efforts to develop the resources needed to strengthen American self-sufficiency and slow climate change.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
But that movement toward technological self-sufficiency has also exposed them to trade shocks and to the volatilities of the external economy.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Nigeria: Striving for self-sufficiency Nigerian nutrition programs have been hit hard by the withdrawal of USAID funds.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The tendency for successive U.S. administrations to regularly reverse the policy initiatives of their predecessors has heightened this uncertainty, frustrating efforts to develop the resources needed to strengthen American self-sufficiency and slow climate change.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
But that movement toward technological self-sufficiency has also exposed them to trade shocks and to the volatilities of the external economy.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Nigeria: Striving for self-sufficiency Nigerian nutrition programs have been hit hard by the withdrawal of USAID funds.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sufficiency
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Real-Life Examples Of Evolving Goals A couple who planned to retire early shifts their focus to charitable work after achieving financial independence.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Washington controversially backed Islamabad during the 1971 War of Bangladeshi independence, which oversaw what many analysts describe as a genocide against Bangladeshis.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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In 2019, the Indian Parliament passed a law that revoked the region's administrative autonomy, which many in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had blamed for the violence that has rocked the Himalayan valley.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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For centuries, the territory that would become Ukraine had been part of an imperial Russia whose rulers viewed Ukrainians as close kin and repeatedly suppressed local pursuits of autonomy (which were rarely well organized or large in scale).—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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China uses these measures to protect domestic agriculture and control food supply chains to help achieve its broader strategy of ensuring food security and technological self-reliance.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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President Trump wants peace, but also wants fair trade and more self-reliance for the American economy.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Self-sufficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sufficiency. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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