free agent
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Cristobal can look at something closer to a fully-formed athlete, the way an NFL general manager might pursue a free agent on the open market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
But seems unlikely to happen at this point — not after Gabriel has requested to be let out of his youth registration with the club immediately to become a free agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Widely regarded as one of the best right-backs of his generation, Carvajal has been a free agent since his contract with Real Madrid ended in June.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
But when the Clippers landed Leonard as a free agent, beating out rivals such as the Los Angeles Lakers, it signalled a new era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
In Mendel’s experiments, every gene had behaved like an independent entity—a free agent.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
