free agent

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As a free agent, Smart expressed a desire to play for a team with true championship aspirations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Spain defender Ona Batlle is close to agreeing a move to Arsenal as a free agent in the summer.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

He will earn $140 million—potentially rising to $150 million with performance-based incentives—and still become a free agent at the age of 28, three years later than he otherwise would.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The so-called “transfer portal” – a period when college athletes make it known that they are willing to switch schools – operates like a free agent market in pro sports leagues.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

There’s no intermediate point in the process in which you confront the potential employer as a free agent, entitled to cut her own deal.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich