independent
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Politically independent, he is a descendant of the Crimean Tatars who once dominated the neighborhood alongside Albanians and Bosnians and others from “the outskirts of the Ottoman Empire.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The analysts said they expect independent power producers will see longer-term power purchase agreements executed “in relatively short order to support this AI wave.”
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
“Unfortunately, we’re not able to compel any action of an independent, sovereign government,” Wakefield replied.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
This story about student debt relief was produced by the Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Such companies were legally independent of the people who set them up, or invested money in them, or managed them.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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