independent

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He has crafted back stories and personalities for the players, who all seem to have independent lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

Cosby Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar: 352 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

By generating interest and fee income, the services arms, which contributed approximately 40% of the company’s gross profit last fiscal year, represents an important source of cash-flow stability independent of the commodity price.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

A city-state is an independent state or nation consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz