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independent

[in-di-pen-duhnt] / ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dənt /


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Germany’s finance agency has also criticized UniCredit’s offer price as too low and said it wants to keep Commerzbank independent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

ARN also added that Sandilands was pursuing "independent media opportunities" and that it would get a 19.9% cut of his next venture for three years.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Inspired by successful independent Black producers like Issa Rae, White decided to keep trying and analyze everything he did wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

As well as placing a limit on a prime minister's rule, Monday's amendment scrapped a requirement for an independent agency to protect Hungary's "constitutional identity".

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

If genes were, indeed, independent particles of information, then it should be possible to select, purify, and manipulate these particles independently from one another.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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