independent
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An independent FirstNet Authority was created by Congress within the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to manage the public-private partnership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
“We’re independent on the policy area, but we’re accountable in Congress.”
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Here’s guessing Jackson, an independent spirit, was never quite locked in.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Sri Lanka has maintained a long-standing policy of non-alignment since it became independent in 1948.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
I tell the independent counsel exactly what I've told everybody else, which is nothing.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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