How to Use self-rule in a Sentence

self-rule

noun
  • Hundreds gathered in Copenhagen on Saturday in support of Greenland and its right to self-rule.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • But, after eleven months of self-rule led to a surge in violent crime and yawning inequality, nostalgia for a purer form of justice began to crop up in the pages of the press and in public lectures.
    — Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That spirit of self-rule returns Tuesday, when primary voters will pick party nominees across the 2026 ballot.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Among those present were members of the community La Candelaria, in the municipality of San Cristobal de las Casas, which has been demanding self-rule for years.
    — ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • While acknowledging Palestinian self-rule in Areas A and B, Oren said a fully sovereign Palestinian state is impossible.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Washington is caught between preventing a collapse of its Kurdish partners’ self-rule enclave — which played a central role in defeating Islamic State in Syria — and supporting Sharaa’s bid to consolidate control over the rest of the country.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Another theme is independence, drawing on Hungary’s historic struggle for self-rule and allowing Magyar to recast the support Orbán has received from the United States and Russia as a liability.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026

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