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as in choices
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting
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as in freedoms
the state of being free from the control or power of another
finding the mother country's treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy
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The success Darnold found led to choices in free agency, every player’s dream.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Esteemed Venus is strolling into your 2nd House of Satisfaction, supporting thoughtful choices that align with your independent values and strengthen confidence through stewardship.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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But his emphasis on economic freedoms suggested Washington sees the current crisis as leverage to push for market reforms that would loosen the military’s grip on the economy.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2026
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Opinion offers bold defense for veterans’ speech rights Leon wrote forcefully in defense of protecting veterans’ speech freedoms.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Black Sea region stands out as a canvas of chokepoints and competing sovereignties, of energy routes and grain corridors, of overlapping jurisdictions and unresolved conflicts.—
Galip Dalay,
Time,
19 Aug. 2025
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Guardrails must be placed inside legislation to ensure that Texans’ privacy, liberties, safety, job opportunities, and cognition are protected from the rise of Artificial Intelligence.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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My issue isn’t with the liberties themselves—every good adaptation takes its share of them.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Autonomies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autonomies. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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