independent

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A comparable process took place in Cuba after the Spanish-American War, when American sugar companies acquired 60% of rural properties across Cuba, reducing independent farmers—largely manumitted slaves and their descendants—to the level of low-wage labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Two years later, it became an independent company when it split from EBay.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The Boca Raton, Fla.,-based company is one of the largest independent wireless communications infrastructure companies in the U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

More than 200 hospital patients will be called for a repeat scan to test their bone density after an independent review of patient notes by specialist consultants, the Government of Jersey has said.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“No, sir! I am an independent woman now.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë