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Meanings of self-sustaining in English

Able to provide for your own needs without help from others.

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Usage of self-sustaining in English
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The government is hoping the recovery will broaden out and become self-sustaining.
Reuters
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This approach has, predictably enough, devolved into a self-sustaining game of whack-a-mole.
Wired
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And indeed his words and their import are most rational and self-sustaining.
The Doctor's Daughter
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The Homes for the Destitute will be nearly, if not quite, self-sustaining.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
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I built a self-sustaining suspension unit which I stuck in a tomb.
The unincorporated man
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The challenge for this type of technology is to become self-sustaining.
The Guardian
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The recyclables are then sold, creating a self-sustaining economic model for the community.
Wired
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The argument had reached the take-off point, and was now self-sustaining.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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Right now it is not self-sustaining but time is running out.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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The City is a national asset only if it is self-sustaining.
The Guardian
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Many traditional farm operations at the sites are automated and self-sustaining.
Wired
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The Keeps were enough for the undersea folk; they were self-sustaining.
Dogs of war
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How do you intend to make your vocation self-sustaining beyond that initial investment?
Reuters
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It has the positioning to allow dependent communities to grow into self-sustaining areas.
Unleashing the power of rubber bands: lessons in non-linear lead...
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Thus the institution is put as far as possible on a self-sustaining basis.
Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition
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One was built for self-sustaining colony attempt at the second galaxy.
The Misplaced Battleship
Frequent collocations
Self-sustaining through the time