self-sustaining
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- self-sustained adjective
- self-sustainingly adverb
- self-sustainment noun
Etymology
Origin of self-sustaining
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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‘The beauty of biotech today versus five years ago is we have a number of examples of companies that launched products on their own and became self-sustaining.’
From MarketWatch
This would, he said, “tighten the international industrial chain’s dependence” on China while ensuring China’s production was “independent” and “self-sustaining.”
“How can we monetize and make those models work so they’re self-sustaining and less dependent on philanthropic support?”
But to ensure it has a future in the wild, the thirty-three small, scattered panda populations must become self-sustaining—not dependent on humans and ongoing conservation efforts.
From Literature
In total, government accountants report, the two programs would need an immediate injection of $88 trillion to be made self-sustaining.
From MarketWatch
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