How to Use self-governance in a Sentence
self-governance
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Critics have said the law takes away self-governance in Jackson and Hinds County.
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USA TODAY,
14 July 2023
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The names of the store and the nonprofit nod to D.C.’s self-governance, itself in as precarious a situation as the debt ceiling was a few weeks ago.
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Chris Kelly,
Washington Post,
14 June 2023
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For any kind of future agreement, if there is to be one, there has to be clarity that the Palestinian public does not just want self-governance.
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Emily Bazelon,
New York Times,
20 Nov. 2023
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Leaving behind any trace of pop, Guzmán places all bets on her core sound, punk rock, and delivers hard-hitting lyrics about self-governance.
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Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
21 Apr. 2023
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The governor is trying to strip the company of its self-governance, and has proposed that a prison or a competing theme park be built near Walt Disney World.
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Taylor Telford,
Washington Post,
4 May 2023
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Certain core themes — about nature’s self-governance, for instance, or the author’s quest for fame — echo across these works in ways that demonstrate her playful approach to genre and her audience.
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Anne M. Thell,
Washington Post,
27 June 2023
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Broadly, the Security Council aimed at the two main prongs of security and self-governance.
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Dahlia Scheindlin,
The New Republic,
3 Nov. 2023
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Only a true American, the Founders believed, had the right to participate in American self-governance.
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Time,
15 Aug. 2023
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In any case, the accord depends on Israel being open to the possibility of a two-state solution entailing self-governance for Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Sep. 2024
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Hybrid models, like on Reddit, mix centralized and self-governance.
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Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci,
The Conversation,
24 Oct. 2023
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In fact, only 8% of consumers have full trust in the organizations that manage their identity data, ushering in a new era of data self-governance.
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Peter Barker,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
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At the center of this conflict is a dispute over territory, security, Israel's right to exist and Palestinian rights and self-governance.
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Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
5 Oct. 2024
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On a smaller scale, total self-governance – echoing early online spaces – could be key for communities that serve specific subsets of users.
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Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci,
The Conversation,
24 Oct. 2023
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Local self-governance may, of course, be oppressive or exclusionary.
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Ashish Kothari,
Scientific American,
1 June 2021
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The secretive Judicial Conference is tasked with self-governance.
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Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
13 Dec. 2023
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The committee’s next hearing is the latest sign of House Republicans seeking to rein in the district’s self-governance, especially its local jurisdiction over crime and public safety.
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Cami Mondeaux,
Washington Examiner,
4 May 2023
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During the free month-long program, students combine classroom study with manual labor and self-governance, aspects intended to give them hands-on experience with the natural world and build their civic engagement skills.
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Maliya Ellis,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 July 2023
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This country was founded by people who wanted political and religious freedom and self-governance.
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Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
3 July 2024
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No one knows how much the impeachment trial will end up costing Texas taxpayers, but legal experts say such expenses are critically important to self-governance.
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Lauren McGaughy,
Dallas News,
19 June 2023
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An election run smoothly, delivering a complex result that will force the parties to share levers of power, is another victory for Taiwan’s democratic self-governance and a setback for Beijing.
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David Harsanyi,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2024
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During the Jim Crow Era, state constitutions denied Black communities self-governance.
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Domingo Morel / Made By History,
TIME,
25 Oct. 2024
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Policing grew out of these dominant capitalist dynamics, rather than some idealized vision of self-governance or a notion of security for all.
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Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2024
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The Chinese Communist government has consistently claimed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the island's self-governance and the absence of any historical rule.
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TIME,
13 Jan. 2024
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Past reforms of the franchise have gone a long way toward upholding America’s ideals and improving self-governance—so would extending voting responsibilities to 16- and 17-year-old citizens.
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Ian Simmons,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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Because this act proved devastating to tribes, Congress enacted the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934 in an attempt to remedy the harmful effects of allotment and to promote tribal self-governance.
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Frank Vaisvilas,
Journal Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2024
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Historically, Tanden said, federal policies attacked Native people’s rights to self-governance and caused lasting economic damage.
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Colleen Long,
Fortune,
6 Dec. 2023
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In a very real way, like those seminal ideas and documents, academic freedom is directly related to traditions of self-governance and individual liberty.
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Bradford Vivian / Made By History,
TIME,
16 Aug. 2024
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Iranians call for change aligns with American ideals of liberty and self-governance, reminding us of historical instances where solidarity facilitated substantial change in other parts of the world.
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Kazem Kazerounian,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2024
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Perhaps counterintuitively, this uneven relationship is what Osages have used to assert self-governance.
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TIME,
19 Oct. 2023
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But ultimate, with its emphasis on self-governance, provides an opportunity to foster peace among Assam’s newest generation.
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Anne Pinto-Rodrigues,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 July 2023
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