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as in self-indulgent
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as in independent
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Recent Examples of self-directed
On Mondays, those students will have schoolwork to complete, but that work will be self-directed.
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Cameron Knight, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
The video, which Swift wrote and self-directed, features a two-minute comedy sketch about her own funeral.
—Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
Most mutual fund companies and brokers say their IRAs are self-directed.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
Cameron Knight, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
The video, which Swift wrote and self-directed, features a two-minute comedy sketch about her own funeral.
—Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
Most mutual fund companies and brokers say their IRAs are self-directed.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-directed
Adjective
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The decision was apparently made without the usual input from independent outside advisers.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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As pope, Leo serves as leader of both the Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church, and Vatican City, an independent state.—
Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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While the new directives have provisions to increase domestic uranium production, establishing a self-sufficient supply chain will require significant time and investment, potentially delaying reactor deployments.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The submersible, like a submarine, is meant to take people under water, but is smaller and less self-sufficient than military-grade submarines.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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By continually adapting to each user’s specific needs, Dysolve’s AI not only identifies these errors but also actively retrains the brain, enhancing the user’s capacity to process and interpret language.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The organization has demanded that the Channel 4 board of directors publish specific proposals to substantiate claims that indies will ultimately benefit from this restructuring.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
17 Nov. 2024
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Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Too many American leaders seem more focused on the vainglorious posturing that too often leads to armed conflict.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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Hwang’s vainglorious campaign underscores his later experience producing his next play, Face Value, and facing the death of his father, Henry Yuan Hwang (HYH), a patriotic immigrant and founder of Far East National Bank.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Although Microsoft users are more used to being on the receiving end of warnings about password compromise attacks, that doesn’t mean that Apple fans can be complacent.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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However, international students are our students and remaining complacent as their perspectives are brutally suppressed and they are dragged away from our campuses—which should serve as safe, nurturing spaces for intellectual exchange and political criticism—harms us all.—
Susan Thomas,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Matt and his direct reports quickly reveal themselves to be spineless, self-important, thin-skinned, and out of touch.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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His cruel caricature of the technocratic, self-important, and sometimes petty bureaucratic culture of the commission is largely accurate.—
Andrew Moravcsik,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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To his critics, Jost’s smug humor felt noticeably anachronistic at a time when the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements were calling for a greater awareness of society’s deep inequalities, and for ostensibly liberal institutions to do better.—
Michael Tedder,
The Atlantic,
17 May 2025
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The series has been characterized by smug antics in defeat.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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“Self-directed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-directed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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