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Example sentences for: self-sufficient

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The withdrawal of tax incentives for US companies operating in Puerto Rico by the Clinton administration in 1996, which has caused job losses and economic hardship, is another thorn in the side of those who hope for a stronger and more self-sufficient society.
He was about two weeks short of being old enough to fly, but still afraid of people and very difficult to catch so that we could continue feeding until he was self-sufficient.
Many retreated into the hills to make their own way, the forefathers of today’s small-scale, self-sufficient farmers.
A multi-year, rigorous study to be released today finds that women enrolled in one of the nation's best-funded programs for disadvantaged teenaged mothers still failed to improve their chances of becoming self-sufficient.
By the middle of the 18th century, New Orleans had grown into a town — not exactly self-sufficient, but beyond the survival stage.