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Recent Examples of self-imposed Worth noting that one of those visits was self-imposed: Cronin agreed to a mid-December date with North Carolina in Madison Square Garden. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025 Whether self-imposed or through the nature of the job, the power of the deadline helps workers plan and stay on task. Allie Volpe, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025 But some of the delay appears to have been self-imposed. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 Whether external or self-imposed, the pressure to just cheer up can make people feel a lot worse. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024 Oklahoma also self-imposed a 0.1 scholarship reduction in men’s track and field for the 2023-24 season. Justin Williams, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024 Being the first has come with lots of pressure, some of them, or perhaps most of them, self-imposed. Zameena Mejia, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024 The only limits will be those that are self-imposed by the person occupying the Oval Office. Joe Biden, Washington Post, 29 July 2024 The restaurant itself is also constantly evolving as part of its 12-year shelf life, self-imposed by Hart. Laura Barrero, Axios, 11 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-imposed
Adjective
  • Some bar owners had expressed concerns the program would be mandatory or would be used as a cudgel by the city to force changes to their businesses, but Alldredge stressed the program would be voluntary and would largely consist of things bars and restaurants already do.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Participation is voluntary, and patients can opt out at any time.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Within the past couple of years, the group has become a part of Arrowhead Kingdom, an all-volunteer national network of Chiefs fan groups.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That’s noteworthy for a show based at a high-school auditorium in Litchfield and run by a staff that is almost entirely volunteer, including the show’s star and its producer.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • By contrast, Keating’s response was a significant escalation of how strongly Democrats are willing to defend McBride — and the dignity of trans people more broadly — in the halls of Congress.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 12 Mar. 2025
  • My company, Bright Horizons’ annual survey of 2000 working parents, The Modern Family Index revealed a more emboldened generation of parents, willing to speak up about these challenges.
    Priya Krishnan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Self-imposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-imposed. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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