independent
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The United Nations and other independent agencies haven’t been given unimpeded access to the area to verify the claims.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
"And every one of these independent cellular clocks appears to be in sync when you watch normal development. But are they communicating with each other? We've never thought deeply about that question before."
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Ken Klippenstein, independent journalist covering national security and U.S. politics.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
"New Zealand Members of Parliament are free to make their own individual decisions, independent of the government, about how they respond to invitations to travel overseas," his spokesperson said.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Misfortune, oh, say, like opening up a box that you think contains forty-eight water bottles, only to find that it’s full of ÁguaViva independent multi-tiered distributor brochures instead.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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