How to Use self-sustaining in a Sentence

self-sustaining

adjective
  • Not that there is much need to leave what is becoming a fully self-sustaining sanctuary.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • Within a decade, China could have a vast, self-sustaining pipeline of experts.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Once that happens, adoption becomes self-sustaining.
    — Rob Giglio, Fortune, 28 May 2026
  • There’s no way to know which push was most important in the flywheel reaching this self-sustaining velocity.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Xeriscapes eliminate the need for irrigation because self-sustaining plants can be added.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Revenue from player transfers, media rights, and matchday income should be self-sustaining.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 16 June 2026
  • Rock and roll was clearly not a phase, empty calories to consume until the time arrived for heartier fare, but rather something self-sustaining, a means to make a life.
    — David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • Sartori surveys the lagoon weekly by boat for signs of nesting, which would indicate a self-sustaining Venetian colony.
    — ABC News, 30 May 2026
  • Let’s walk through how to shift your mindset from making money to building wealth, how to build a self-sustaining operation, and prepare for a profitable exit.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • When businesses are thriving, the neighborhood becomes self-sustaining.
    — Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • Feral populations spring up as result of these self-sustaining domestic animals fending for themselves.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • The elective residence visa is the option for anyone coming to live in Italy but not planning to work (those with self-sustaining income and assets, including retirees).
    — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Vegetable gardens and beehives—producing distinctive saltmarsh honey—add to the island’s self-sustaining appeal.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
  • After emancipation, some stayed on and created self-sustaining coastal communities.
    — Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
  • Microbes tend to cap production at self-sustaining levels, slowing commercial applications.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Your best chance of spotting a whooping crane is along the Texas coast, where the world’s only self-sustaining wild population returns each winter after migrating from Canada.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • Artistic efforts should be self-sustaining as patrons finance them, not continually maintained by government subsidies.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • While Musk’s core mission has always been to create a self-sustaining city on Mars, Bezos favors the idea of massive, spinning space station in Earth’s orbit.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
  • While self-sustaining travel to Mars is still a few years away, the new brine processor on the ISS has increased the water recovery rate enough that this 98% goal is now in reach.
    — Berrin Tansel, The Conversation, 30 July 2025
  • When grounded in spiritual values, this mindset creates a self-sustaining ecosystem of generosity, where hope grows and every challenge becomes a catalyst for deeper impact.
    — Yujia Zhu, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Billionaire Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the vision of paving the way to create a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The self-sustaining, working farm led by livestock director and veterinarian Aginaldo Silva, whose greatest pride is his internship program for local youths.
    — Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
  • However, bacterial cells typically limit their production to self-sustaining levels.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Generative leadership is active, reciprocal and self-sustaining.
    — Jill D. Griffin, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In total, 81 individuals were captured across the two sites, including juveniles, adult males, and pregnant adult females, which indicated a self-sustaining population.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • When systems reinforce values automatically, culture becomes self-sustaining rather than leader-dependent.
    — Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • As previously reported, Silo is set in a self-sustaining underground city inhabited by a community whose recorded history dates back only 140 years.
    — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
  • Colorado voters in 2020 narrowly approved the reintroduction of the native species and mandated that CPW create a self-sustaining population.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
  • The neighborhood was one of the most artistically flush, self-sustaining Black communities on the West Coast until a 1949 urban renewal plan kickstarted the displacement and neglect still going on today.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 June 2026
  • Leading to a self-sustaining economic loop where revenue generated from global-facing media products is reinvested directly into local wages, taxes, and services, fostering a stable foundation for multi-generational upward mobility.
    — Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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