independence
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Yet even then, our independence was strictly limited by where the safe pavement ended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“Any path that you’re going to take to financial independence or take to build wealth, it’s going to start there.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Mexico's mining sector, which had been the bedrock of the country's economic success, was in ruins after a decade-long war that resulted in independence from Spain.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
For nearly 60 years, “60 Minutes” has stood apart because of its stubborn independence and commitment to irritating powerful people.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
American independence became his ministerial calling, a mission he pursued with all the compressed energy of a latter-day Puritan pastor whose congregation was the American people.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing independence
The American Revolution - Introductory
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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Pacific Islands - Introductory
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