independent

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It also coincided with the government accepting the recommendations of the independent pay review body that all doctors, including resident doctors, should get a 3.5% pay rise from this month.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

They noted that Cuba's government allowed an FBI team to visit Cuba last week to conduct an independent investigation into a deadly shooting involving a US-registered boat.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Postal Service are part of a 10-year plan that kicked off several years ago aimed at improving services and reducing costs at the independent federal agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

No Kings is supposed to be a broad coalition of Americans — left, right and independent — united by a belief in real democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

It is just possible that Galileo stole the idea from Scheiner, or Scheiner from Galileo, but the other two were certainly independent, both of each other and of the first two.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton