independent

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He said he wanted to establish an independent commission to carry out a full examination of recruitment, reporting and monitoring procedures.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Two years later, it became an independent company when it split from EBay.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Germany has asked France to extend its independent nuclear deterrent to European partners, something France agreed to this month.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

A separate, earlier investigation into the deaths of 182 rheumatology patients in Jersey since 2019 was called after an independent review was highly critical of the service.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The mother and the father were two independent sides and the child was the third—the biological hypotenuse to the parents’ two lines.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee