independent

Example Sentences

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Eleanor said she did not know how to ask for an independent investigation at the time but now hopes to challenge the findings with the help of birth injury lawyers.

From BBC

But Huerta was also a legend, a fiercely independent mother who had a passion for addressing the social issues of the time — women’s rights, poverty and racism.

From Los Angeles Times

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the World Service "offers clarity, accuracy and an independent voice where reliable information is increasingly difficult to access".

From BBC

The solution: Pro sports needs an independent sports-integrity commissioner — an office the leagues would fund but that would operate independently.

From MarketWatch

In 1660 the British revolution ended with the restoration of independent parliaments in Edinburgh and London.

From The Wall Street Journal