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on one's own

  1. By one's own efforts or resources, as in He built the entire addition on his own . [Mid-1900s]

  2. Responsible for oneself, independent of outside help or control, as in Dave moved out last fall; he's on his own now . [Mid-1900s]



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And as in most medical dramas, there are big questions about life and death one might find disturbing depending on one’s own life and circumstances.

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After Mangal-arti, who had no formal medical or psychological training, told her she had borderline personality disorder, she said, she had begun to doubt her own instincts about even the most basic facts of her existence, doubts that reflected Hare Krishna teachings about not relying on one’s own emotions.

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As explained by the editor at the student newspaper The Stanford Review, “Drawing the line at any point other than conception is based purely on one’s own arbitrary standards, not objective principles …. Human life does not begin based at a point established by law, a Supreme Court case, or an individual’s opinion. Only one point can be true, and that point is conception.”

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"It is a decision theory in which the outcome does not depend on one's own decision alone, but also on the decision of the other actors," explained Ikerbasque Research Professor Annick Laruelle, an expert in game theory in the UPV/EHU's Department of Economic Analysis.

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The intersex movement is about living fully without fear, shame or trauma, to live life on one’s own terms, and the brightness and vigor that Cohen applies to the tone follows the energy of the activists themselves.

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