independent
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Tehran has a willing buyer for its oil in China, where independent “teapot” refiners scooped up the cargoes, often at major discounts to benchmark oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper previously said the vetting process is "independent of ministers who are not informed of any findings other than the final outcome".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Bearstar Strategies said in a statement last week that it had suspended all activity on Swalwell’s independent expenditure.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Brian Jabarian, a University of Chicago economist who conducted a rigorous independent evaluation of A.I. detectors, told me flatly, “This narrative that we shouldn’t use A.I. detection doesn’t seem to hold anymore.”
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
He brought together representatives from multinational drug companies, independent middlemen and distributors, nonprofit organizations—almost anyone who might have an impact on drug pricing.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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