manage
verb (used with object)
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.
self-managing
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a word derived from
manage.
Example Sentences
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Of women who described feeling scared and alone self-managing their abortions at home.
From Slate ● May 21, 2025
“We know that people are still using older methods of self-managing abortions, but by and large, it is much much safer now when people use abortion pills.”
From Salon ● May 5, 2024
Still, there are gaps: In particular, the #WeCount effort doesn’t address how many people are self-managing abortions — for example, by ordering medications from unofficial online sources.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023
“The network is self-configuring, self-healing, self-managing even. And it’s all done locally.”
From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2022
It may come as no surprise, however, that these same states also have the highest numbers of people self-managing outside the formal health care system using Aid Access.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
