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

Germany has asked France to extend its independent nuclear deterrent to European partners, something France agreed to this month.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Following an independent investigation into these claims, Pride in London said on Tuesday it had decided to sack Joell-Deshields.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Who was also a totally independent person who would make up her own mind about what she thought about everything.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix