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Recent Examples of semi-independent
Ultimately, the water commission remained semi-independent under a compromise with county leaders and passed by the General Assembly.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Today, the young curators at PS1 — a semi-independent entity, with its own director and board — often turn up intriguing new talent from beyond the megagallery ecosystem.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
To this point, that's meant tackling a lot — like restructuring the federal government, laying off workers, dismantling agencies and taking over boards of once semi-independent outfits.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Even pubs remained closed on March 17 until 1961.
Since 1922, when 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland became semi-independent, the tricolor flag of Ireland has been the official flag.
—Bryan McGovern, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
As reported by the Financial Times, the hope is that these semi-independent custom avatars will prove more engaging to the young people who are crucial to the survival of Meta’s flagship social networks.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
The zoning board in September endorsed developer Dan Bertram’s plan to substitute a four-story building of semi-independent living in place of 110 standard, market-rate apartments.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
Any advice for promoting peaceful, semi-independent play between an almost 5 year old boy and his newly 2 year old little brother?
—Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
The 'Biggest Unknown' of Climate Change: In Prayer With Denmark's Queen
During her reign, Queen Margrethe, whose role has mostly been ceremonial, has been a popular public figure in Denmark as well as in Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, semi-independent territories that comprise the Danish Realm.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Today, the young curators at PS1 — a semi-independent entity, with its own director and board — often turn up intriguing new talent from beyond the megagallery ecosystem.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
To this point, that's meant tackling a lot — like restructuring the federal government, laying off workers, dismantling agencies and taking over boards of once semi-independent outfits.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Even pubs remained closed on March 17 until 1961.
Since 1922, when 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland became semi-independent, the tricolor flag of Ireland has been the official flag.
—Bryan McGovern, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
As reported by the Financial Times, the hope is that these semi-independent custom avatars will prove more engaging to the young people who are crucial to the survival of Meta’s flagship social networks.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
The zoning board in September endorsed developer Dan Bertram’s plan to substitute a four-story building of semi-independent living in place of 110 standard, market-rate apartments.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
Any advice for promoting peaceful, semi-independent play between an almost 5 year old boy and his newly 2 year old little brother?
—Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
The 'Biggest Unknown' of Climate Change: In Prayer With Denmark's Queen
During her reign, Queen Margrethe, whose role has mostly been ceremonial, has been a popular public figure in Denmark as well as in Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, semi-independent territories that comprise the Danish Realm.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi-independent
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Although the federal government has already started to streamline some regulations around autonomous driving, Morningstar analyst Seth Goldstein said regulators might possibly craft rules in a way that would single out Tesla.—
Chris Kirkham,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Google even introduced tools that can browse the web and use software under user direction — early examples of the autonomous AI agents that many see as the next frontier.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
7 June 2025
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Eventually the archipelago was divided, with the western islands becoming the independent nation of Samoa and the eastern ones becoming American Samoa, overseen by the Navy.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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However, as explained in the report and supported by analyses from independent investigators (including the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine), the facility was functioning as a hospital at the time, and there was no military target in its vicinity.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Diplomats from all three countries were among a large diplomatic delegation on Wednesday that toured the city of Jenin in the West Bank, with officials from the Palestinian Authority, the semiautonomous institution that administers parts of the territory, including Jenin.—
Fatima AbdulKarim,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The two cities most affected, Jenin and Tulkarm, have long been controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the semiautonomous body that cooperates with Israel on security and that many Palestinians hoped would evolve into the government of a future state.—
Fatima AbdulKarim Afif Amireh,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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“Semi-independent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi-independent. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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