self-sustaining

[ self-suh-stey-ning, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf səˈsteɪ nɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

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Origin of self-sustaining

First recorded in 1835–45

OTHER WORDS FROM self-sustaining

self-sus·tained, adjectiveself-sus·tain·ing·ly, adverbself-sus·tain·ment, noun

Words nearby self-sustaining

self-sufficient, self-suggestion, self-support, self-supporting, self-surrender, self-sustaining, self-talk, self-tanning, self-tapping, self-tapping screw, self-taught

How to use self-sustaining in a sentence

Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The program is operated out of a self-sustaining salon run by former sex slave Neang Hok with the help of other survivors.
A Beauty School for Former Sex Trade Victims|Misty White Sidell|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yemen has 15 aquifers, and only two today are self-sustaining; all the others are being steadily depleted.
A Useful Tom Friedman Column|Justin Green|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The goal is to create a self-sustaining program that is implemented by the vendors themselves.
Finding Leaders on the Factory Floor: Gap Inc.’s P.A.C.E. Program|A Daily Beast Sponsor|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A friend of the blog on why Romney's momentum appears to be self-sustaining.
Shaking the Etch-A-Mitt, Ctd.|Justin Green|October 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Let American liberty be an intelligent liberty, and therefore a self-sustaining liberty.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions|George S. Boutwell
They intended to establish thereby a Government of perpetual obligation and of self-sustaining vigor.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
Last year it was hoped that by another year the paper would become self-sustaining.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs
They are all intended to make efficient, self-sustaining citizens who do not feel the pull of the law or the bond of outside care.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment|Ellen H. Richards
Great Britain has already acted on the assumption that the Confederate States (so called) are de facto a self-sustaining power.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II.|Various