independent
Example Sentences
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The new regulator must be "truly independent" and properly funded, he warned, and said major gaps remain.
From BBC
“They need to act to direct the resources to support independent news reporting that provides the oversight and accountability of our democratic institutions.”
From Los Angeles Times
Støre noted an independent committee, not the government of Norway, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
From BBC
Micronesia and the other two freely associated states, the Marshall Islands and Palau, are technically independent but have negotiated their own compacts with the U.S.
Its chief executive Dafydd Rhys said: "The arts are delivering real, tangible health benefits for people and communities and now we have the independent, robust evidence to prove it."
From BBC
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