independence
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The two unions, which represent journalists, said the recent actions appear to compromise editorial independence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The independence of the Federal Reserve is “critical to good economic performance,” said Janet Yellen, former Fed chair and former Treasury secretary, and protecting it requires “ongoing effort” from people inside and outside the institution.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Here, as elsewhere, the solutions the book proposes do not create the sort of independence the book imagines necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
She had gotten used to having her afternoons to explore the house and visit with Clara; it had become the only bit of independence she had in her life.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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Vocabulary lists containing independence
The American Revolution - Introductory
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