independent

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Four independent stores are currently taking part, with a further 11 expected to join in the coming weeks.

From BBC • 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

The Boca Raton, Fla.,-based company is one of the largest independent wireless communications infrastructure companies in the U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The old primordial gods like Gaea and Tartarus...How could you leave home and ever be independent of your parents, when they literally encompassed the entire world?

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan