How to Use autonomy in a Sentence

autonomy

noun

• The territory has been granted autonomy.
• At the political and strategic levels of wartime decision-making, there is no such thing as military autonomy.
  — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2024
• Some see the reorganization as a chance for China’s panoply of research institutes to push for more autonomy.
  — Bydennis Normile, science.org, 15 Mar. 2023
• This mindset should especially come from leaders who need to create clarity within their organizations that allow for autonomy and make space for people to take risks that may not pan out.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Attacks on reproductive rights are attacks on women’s bodily autonomy, after all.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• At the very least, the snips that lit up Reddit violated the teen’s body autonomy.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Nov. 2023
• Learn more about the relationship between privacy and trust for teens and the natural development of autonomy in the teen years.
  — Denise Witmer, Parents, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 11 Sep 2024