independence

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"As a disabled person, my independence could be taken away as a result of a non-disabled person's actions," Day says.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

But if Lebanon wants independence, the country will have to seize it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that also happened to be a civil war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

It may also be due to “lower foreign demand or concerns about Fed independence, including the possibility that the Fed could in the future raise the inflation target, leading to greater inflation variability,” Slok said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Simply put, Washington had developed a view of both personal and national independence that was completely immune to sentimental attachments or fleeting ideological enthusiasms.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis