independent
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Healthwatch is an independent body which represents the views of patients on their local health and social care providers to help improve the services they offer.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The long-awaited spinoff of FedEx Freight is just about done, and shares of the newly independent less-than-truckload business start trading on Monday, June 1.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
One wild-card spender in this campaign is retired businessman Bill Bloomfield, who has put $367,093 into an independent campaign on behalf of Melvoin.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Caitlin Zaloom: As Americans, we carry this idea that kids should be autonomous from their parents and financially independent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Separatists pendent their own groups who seek to become independent of the nation that has power over them and to form their own government.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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