independent

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"We can probably welcome some sort of tagging system like this, though it may favour the more commercial and successful artists already active rather than new independent artists."

From BBC • May 1, 2026

One thing is for certain: It’s highly unlikely that independent commissions will return to California, Virginia, Colorado or anywhere else anytime soon.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Inflation in Turkey is officially pegged at 30 percent but is closer to 40, according to independent estimates.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Campaigns have long sent signals to independent expenditure committees about the messages they would like to see highlighted, the venues they hope to see the communications and the voters who ought to be targeted.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It is just possible that Galileo stole the idea from Scheiner, or Scheiner from Galileo, but the other two were certainly independent, both of each other and of the first two.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton