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Example sentences from the Web for self-supportingThere is hope that the site will one day be self-supporting from ad sales. Africa's WikiLeaks|Philip Shenon|August 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST In Labrador these missions are largely, though by no means wholly, self-supporting. The Long Labrador Trail|Dillon Wallace Every village must be self-supporting, and therefore an equilibrium of arable and pasture will be established in every village. Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland They are boasting to-day that as a nation they are self-sufficing and self-supporting. Raemaekers' Cartoons|Louis Raemaekers
Malta is considered to be self-supporting, in the political acceptation of the term, so far as England is concerned. The Story of Malta|Maturin M. Ballou It was beyond doubt that, in 1839, the internal postal service was self-supporting. The History of the Post Office in British North America|William Smith
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adjectiveable to support or maintain oneself without the help of others able to stand up or hold firm without support, props, attachments, etc Words nearby self-supportingself-study, self-styled, self-sufficient, self-suggestion, self-support, self-supporting, self-surrender, self-sustaining, self-talk, self-tanning, self-tapping Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-supportingself-governing, self-reliant, self-contained, self-sufficient, autonomous, nonpartisan, absolute, autarchic, autarchical, individualistic, nonaligned, separate, separated, sovereign, unconnected, unconstrained, uncontrolled, freewheeling, self-determining, unaided |