independent
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Cwmbran Celtic is a club run by volunteers who have a sense of solidarity with the plight independent music venues are facing.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
AI startup Manus said Tuesday it had resumed independent operations, months after China blocked Facebook-owner Meta from buying the Chinese-developed, Singapore-based firm.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
By Marlon James Riverhead Books: 640 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
That said, there’s also plenty of room for independent companies that don’t consolidate, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The mother and the father were two independent sides and the child was the third—the biological hypotenuse to the parents’ two lines.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
That’s not to say that independents aren’t well supported; most of them align in some way with a larger custodian for those sorts of things.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
A March 2026 poll found 77% of all voters support raising taxes on billionaires, including 65% of Republicans, 75% of independents, and 91% of Democrats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Most of the candidates -- the highest number of any parliamentary election -- are standing as independents, and have led to a ballot paper which is nearly a metre long.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Among the candidates on the ballot are 20 independents - also a record for a single election.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Every hotel concierge knows who to call if some guest wants tickets. All I’m sayin’ is, it’s not as easy as you think for a couple of independents.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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