independent
Example Sentences
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These inspections were introduced for all 18 obstetric units in Scotland, after an independent review that followed a spike in the deaths of newborn babies.
From BBC
In the mid-1990s, because he was getting lots of calls from British newspapers, he set up a new enterprise as an "independent supplier of data to British tabloid reporters".
From BBC
Miran said at the time he would make independent policy judgments.
Such an overhaul, he said, would require body-worn cameras, that officers wear identification and rigorous use-of-force training and policies; acts of violence would require full investigations under the supervision of an independent monitor.
From Los Angeles Times
Families need support if we want people with Alzheimer’s to remain at home, engaged and independent.
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