free agent

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Weeks later, he became a free agent, signing a one-year, $21.05-million contract with the Boston Red Sox.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This year’s free agent class is widely viewed as unusually thin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The unusually thin free agent class means few available stars may land eye-popping contracts, while lesser-known players could command surprising sums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Safety Kam Curl, who played well last season, is a pending free agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

In Mendel’s experiments, every gene had behaved like an independent entity—a free agent.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee