semi-independent

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Recent Examples of semi-independent Ultimately, the water commission remained semi-independent under a compromise with county leaders and passed by the General Assembly. Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025 Today, the young curators at PS1 — a semi-independent entity, with its own director and board — often turn up intriguing new talent from beyond the megagallery ecosystem. Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025 To this point, that's meant tackling a lot — like restructuring the federal government, laying off workers, dismantling agencies and taking over boards of once semi-independent outfits. Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025 Even pubs remained closed on March 17 until 1961. Since 1922, when 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland became semi-independent, the tricolor flag of Ireland has been the official flag. Bryan McGovern, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025 As reported by the Financial Times, the hope is that these semi-independent custom avatars will prove more engaging to the young people who are crucial to the survival of Meta’s flagship social networks. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024 The zoning board in September endorsed developer Dan Bertram’s plan to substitute a four-story building of semi-independent living in place of 110 standard, market-rate apartments. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024 Any advice for promoting peaceful, semi-independent play between an almost 5 year old boy and his newly 2 year old little brother? Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 June 2024 The 'Biggest Unknown' of Climate Change: In Prayer With Denmark's Queen During her reign, Queen Margrethe, whose role has mostly been ceremonial, has been a popular public figure in Denmark as well as in Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, semi-independent territories that comprise the Danish Realm. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi-independent
Adjective
  • From predictive insights to autonomous orchestration, AI will drive resilience, agility and speed.
    Keith Moore, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • But Tesla is not currently sitting on a fleet of several hundred thousand ex-lease autonomous Models 3 and Y, and as of today there exists no actual Tesla ride-hailing network.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The blockade has pushed half a million people in Gaza to starvation, according to the latest review by independent experts on famine.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
  • Aside from the question of funding Trump’s goal, a major rethinking of current plans for the property — actually two independent plans derived from two lawsuits — would probably be needed to accommodate 6,000 new residents.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The two cities most affected, Jenin and Tulkarm, have long been controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the semiautonomous body that cooperates with Israel on security and that many Palestinians hoped would evolve into the government of a future state.
    Fatima AbdulKarim Afif Amireh, New York Times, 8 May 2025
  • The Trump administration has called for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory that's part of Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 1 May 2025

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“Semi-independent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi-independent. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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