independent

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For 2026, if Honeywell Technologies were fully independent, it would have expected sales of $19.9 billion to $20.2 billion and earnings per share of $3.95 to $4.15.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

He’s part of a small group of exorcist influencers, Catholic priests who draw their own independent followings from the internet by promising to let the public in on the darkest workings of the devil.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

But independent councillor Nick Matty said the council itself had questions to answer.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Their independent expenditures helped supplement Mr. Becerra’s relatively small $17 million war-chest and somewhat evened the lopsided field with Mr. Steyer’s $216 million self-funded campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In the long run, the evolution of an independent American nation, gradually developing its political and economic strength over the nineteenth century within the protective constraints of the British Empire, was probably inevitable.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis