free agent

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Stephen Curry is a free agent no more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum featured in every Premier League match among 51 appearances during his final season for Liverpool before becoming a free agent in the summer of 2021.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

He eschewed the opportunity to become a free agent by signing a $426.5 million extension in 2019 that committed him to Anaheim through 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

He was a free agent at the time the essay was published, and so it remained unclear whether coming out would end his NBA career.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In Mendel’s experiments, every gene had behaved like an independent entity—a free agent.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee