as in independent
not being under the rule or control of another
Native American nations are regarded as autonomous in many respects and thus not subject to a number of state and local laws
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Recent Examples of autonomous
Uber and Lyft allow drivers to use their personal vehicles, unlike Waymo — and the state’s stricter demands on autonomous vehicles have tripped up some companies.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Blue Origin confirmed that the New Shepard rocket is fully autonomous, meaning there are no pilots, and all crew members will participate equally in the experience.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The other side: Uber is gearing up to begin offering autonomous vehicle services in partnership with Waymo in Austin and Atlanta later this year.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
To put this in perspective, autonomous vehicles in the commercial area will do about 15 million miles of driving in a virtual world in an hour of training on the cloud.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Blue Origin confirmed that the New Shepard rocket is fully autonomous, meaning there are no pilots, and all crew members will participate equally in the experience.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The other side: Uber is gearing up to begin offering autonomous vehicle services in partnership with Waymo in Austin and Atlanta later this year.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
To put this in perspective, autonomous vehicles in the commercial area will do about 15 million miles of driving in a virtual world in an hour of training on the cloud.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autonomous
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Shaw is an independent producer and entrepreneur who founded animation firm BWA Studios, which has produced content and marketing materials for HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Mattel and Sony Music, among others.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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In their view, independent agencies shouldn't be independent.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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While pragmatism in foreign affairs is necessary, reducing the survival of a sovereign nation to a game of leverage risks trivializing the stakes at hand.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Unlike any other religious leader around the world, the leader of the world's one billion Catholics is also the leader of a sovereign nation.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a separate pending lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of another part of the law that requires age verification to try to prevent minors from having access to online pornographic sites.—
Dara Kam,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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In separate campaigns, the National Action Network, a civil rights organization, plans to release a report in April on some companies that have retreated from diversity programs.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Autonomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autonomous. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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