independent
Example Sentences
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It's on these two platforms where she has really cultivated her image as an independent and business-orientated woman.
From BBC
Cheryl Norris, a 76-year-old who works as an independent antique dealer, has owned a pair of homes in Northern California for decades.
They wanted to oust Horning, one of the last independent operators of a major Western ski resort.
After winning their award for best group, Wolf Alice's singer Ellie Roswell spoke up for small independent artists and venues, noting that 30 pubs and clubs had closed in the last year.
From BBC
These “small, mobile, independent units” are far cheaper than U.S. interceptor missiles at $2 million each, he said.
From MarketWatch
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