Example Sentences

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A new generation of drugs held promise that patients could live at least semi-independently.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2023

These underwater cephalopods don't have just one brain but nine, with each of their arms able to act semi-independently.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2023

But “why they operate semi-independently is a conundrum.”

From National Geographic • Nov. 13, 2023

Of the children who are not fostered, about 4,000 are placed with their own parents under supervision and nearly 8,000 spend time in children's homes, secure units or living semi-independently.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2018

In this particular region, which is ruled semi-independently of the Philippine Commission, the peculiar conditions require a special legislation.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John