independent
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The foundation settled the case in 2024, agreeing to independent oversight, audits and compliance training.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
These legal safeguards ensure an independent person checks that such arrangements are justified, lawful, and in the person's best interests.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
An independent disciplinary commission said that Eckert, the club's 33-year-old German boss, accepted he had orchestrated what it called a "contrived and determined plan from the top down".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Corporations, labor unions, tech titans, tribes and other special interests have donated $79.6 million to independent committees focused on swaying the volatile California governor’s race ahead of the June 2 primary.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
He and Mama were very independent on the farm, raising just about everything our family needed to eat: beans, greens, peas, potatoes, corn, wheat, apples, grapes.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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