self-sustaining

adjective

ˌself-sə-ˈstā-niŋ How to pronounce self-sustaining (audio)
Definition of self-sustainingnext
as in independent
able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help with its own farm, the estate was largely self-sustaining

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Recent Examples of self-sustaining 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 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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for self-sustaining
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independent
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  • Economic progress slows when that guarantee is taken away, as Hong Kong has witnessed in its sad regression from the promises of an independent judiciary made in 1997.
    — Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
  • However, the results reported by xDots still come primarily from pilot projects, so broader independent validation will be needed to determine whether similar savings can be achieved consistently across different industries.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
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“Self-sustaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sustaining. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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