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

A comparable process took place in Cuba after the Spanish-American War, when American sugar companies acquired 60% of rural properties across Cuba, reducing independent farmers—largely manumitted slaves and their descendants—to the level of low-wage labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Leamington has historically had a higher than average number of independent businesses but Magic Wingdom co-owner Sam Cornwall-Jones says a lack of support has changed that.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

They wanted to free Bosnia from Austrian domination and make the province part of the independent Kingdom of Serbia, their own national state.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman