How to Use autonomy in a Sentence

autonomy

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  • The territory has been granted autonomy.
  • The commitment to art’s autonomy has been eroding for decades, but the rise of the artist agent signals a more precipitous break.
    — Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Decreasing autonomy over bike repair may not be a negative for all riders.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The songs on that album touched on so many things, everything from negritude to colonialism to female autonomy.
    — Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Now, protesters are demanding an end to the regime, as well as the right to bodily autonomy and economic justice.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Oct. 2022
  • This is just one step of many more that need to happen on the path to full autonomy.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Some of those groups have fought for greater autonomy for decades.
    — Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 27 Dec. 2016
  • At the end of the day, everyone should have full autonomy over their own body.
    — Women's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
  • This is what powers her and the show itself: a hunger for autonomy and the finer things in life.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The call for women's autonomy wasn't limited to the world of sports.
    — Jane Greenway Carr, CNN, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The teams that performed best at this task were those who gave the robots some autonomy, says Orekhov.
    — Kurt Kleiner, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • The question of how much autonomy colleges have over Greek life is a tricky one.
    — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
  • Finding Nemo grappled with a child’s need for autonomy through the eyes of clown fish.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2022
  • There’s no part of me that wants to just work on my own and have complete autonomy over the final product.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2021
  • These trucks operate with hands-free autonomy but have a driver in the cab who can grab the wheel just in case.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Most artists have no autonomy, which means that once their work leaves the studio and goes to the gallery, their involvement with it is through.
    — M.h. Miller, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But some may prefer to try out pronouns at school, among their peers, for a sense of autonomy.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The agreement also gave the units more autonomy to conduct raids of their own.
    — ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The danger is that its users lose their autonomy, or any desire for it.
    — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
  • But the kinds of autonomy on the horizon are different.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Her dream was to have more autonomy and work more closely with the people in those circles.
    — Ruth Baum Bigus, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Now, Ben intended to go it alone, both for autonomy and to keep costs down.
    — Chris Ballard, SI.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • That loss of autonomy and the feeling of outsider meddling could make any coach say enough is enough.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2019
  • And at least within the West, no one should fear Europe’s autonomy.
    — Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2023
  • But a lot of people just see it as a way of having autonomy, being their own boss.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
  • And so there's a tremendous amount of autonomy in the vehicle.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 28 July 2020
  • The rise of the factory gave workers more pay but less autonomy.
    — The Economist, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Our first march [in 2017] was in reaction to one of our greatest fears — the stripping of body autonomy.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Gunn and Safran don’t enjoy the same autonomy as Marvel’s Kevin Feige.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The bus is primed for autonomy For years, researchers and journalists have made the case that a better bus service is a simple way to improve cities and impact millions of Americans’ lives.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024

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