free agent
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He’d draw attention from other teams on the waiver wire or as a free agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Last season was spent on loan at Plymouth Argyle and he is currently a free agent - this means he is not tied to any club by a legal contract.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The 34-year-old Egypt forward left Liverpool at the end of last season and is in talks to join as a free agent.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It doesn’t matter that the Dodgers are technically only renting Skubal for the stretch run, that he’s a free agent at season’s end who will warrant a record-setting contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In Mendel’s experiments, every gene had behaved like an independent entity—a free agent.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
