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Autonomously (adv) means Independently, without being controlled or directed by anyone else.

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Independently, without being controlled or directed by anyone else.

"Housed in a converted grocery store, the Academy Charter School is a new kind of public school that operates autonomously under state charter rather than under local school district control." — Peter Applebome, Some Educators See Experimental Hybrids As Country's Best Hope for Public Schools (1994)

"Nonetheless, Mr. Musk has often described the technology as if it could fully drive cars or was on its way to operating autonomously." — Jack Ewing and Cade Metz, Tesla’s Self-Driving Technology Comes Under Justice Dept. Scrutiny (2023)

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