self-sustaining
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-sustaining
First recorded in 1835–45
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Imagine arriving on Mars as part of the fourth human mission to the Red Planet and being asked to establish the first self-sustaining food supply for a permanent settlement.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Compared with the moguls who started companies during China’s go-go years, like Alibaba’s Jack Ma, many solo entrepreneurs are just looking to live cheaply and be self-sustaining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
A reintroduction project was started in Scotland in 1975 and the birds have now become established as a self-sustaining population.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The taco stand about 100 yards off had its normal self-sustaining line.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
The ultimate goal of any reintroduction program is to create a self-sustaining population in the wild—a species that can survive and breed completely on its own, with no human intervention.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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