Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an autonomous manner; from one's own choice.
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- adverb In an
autonomous or self-governing manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wieseltier basically runs the back-of-the-book autonomously, which is a setup that often leads to friction with the nominal editor of the magazine, and in the case of the Wieseltier/Sullivan situation it was especially bad for some reason.
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Wieseltier basically runs the back-of-the-book autonomously, which is a setup that often leads to friction with the nominal editor of the magazine, and in the case of the Wieseltier/Sullivan situation it was especially bad for some reason.
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Sixty or so al Qaeda cells around the word, some of them act autonomously, that is whether Osama bin Laden's alive or not they still might do their terror.
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Fund on Monday urged authorities to coordinate a transparent exit from unprecedented public support of the financial system amid the worst economic crisis in six decades. computers are often designed to act autonomously, that is, without human intervention.
WN.com - Articles related to Streetcars still desired in D.C. 2009
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Robots and computers are often designed to act autonomously, that is, without human intervention.
Livescience.com 2009
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On Friday, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which is the ultimate parent of both Air China and China Eastern, issued a statement saying the agency "supports state-owned enterprises introducing foreign strategic investors" and that the management of state firms should make decisions "autonomously" based on "market principles."
Air China Lobs Bid 2008
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"autonomously," meaning once started they couldn't touch it.
Times Leader News 2009
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It certainly could be flown remotely or could fly autonomously or even with a very small crew to reduce total personnel risk.
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Or a DragonLab-based orbital module to allow them to operate orbital science autonomously of the ISS?
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We will launch crews with very little cargo to autonomously or manually rendezvous with previously launched unmanned heavy cargo spacecraft already in orbit.
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