independent
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Yes, they have shareholders, they have boards, people they have to be accountable to, but they can also make independent decisions.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
The former Fed governor emphasised his commitment to "ensuring that the conduct of monetary policy remains strictly independent", adding he would "absolutely not" be Trump's puppet.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
"It was important for us to examine whether the association could be reproduced in completely independent data. And it could," says Flemming Damgaard.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
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From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Similar clocks spread across Europe later in the seventeenth century following the independent work of Christiaan Huygens.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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