be autonomous
Frequency: 8.035.2 per million words
Describes the state of being self-governing or independent.
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- Higher education is relatively autonomous from the government.
- The region fought for decades to be fully autonomous.
- Our research department is largely autonomous, setting its own goals.
- The new robot is designed to be completely autonomous in its tasks.
- To be a truly creative artist, one must be autonomous in thought and action.
- Once the charter is approved, the city council will be financially autonomous.
- Would the team be more innovative if it were more autonomous?
- The subsidiary had been autonomous for years before the merger.
- Each branch of the company is expected to be autonomous in its daily management.
- The court ruled that the commission is an autonomous body, free from political interference.