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Recent Examples of home rule
Although Denmark oversees foreign and defense policy, Greenland has steadily expanded its self-rule since gaining home rule in 1979.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
All three referendums asking voters for home rule powers also passed last year in Richton Park, Roselle and Glencoe.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Foreign policy played a secondary, but still important, role in the demise of the Liberal Party when the question of home rule for Ireland led Ulster Unionists to feel betrayed.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, Park Ridge being a home rule municipality, the north suburb is taking on the issue.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
All three referendums asking voters for home rule powers also passed last year in Richton Park, Roselle and Glencoe.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Foreign policy played a secondary, but still important, role in the demise of the Liberal Party when the question of home rule for Ireland led Ulster Unionists to feel betrayed.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, Park Ridge being a home rule municipality, the north suburb is taking on the issue.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for home rule
pure democracy
Noun
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In their rankings, 100 is a pure democracy and zero indicates a dictatorship.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Which is what a pure democracy is. House representatives and senators are now majority-elected.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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