free agent

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LeBron James, 41, is a free agent as his contract with the Lakers has expired.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Adams is in the final year of the two-year contract the future Hall of Famer signed as a free agent before last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Scotland keeper Angus Gunn, 30, could also become a free agent, while experienced Ivory Coast centre-back Willy Boly, 35, has played just one League Cup game since signing a one-year extension last June.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

And no matter what happens with LIV, its marquee attraction is set to become a free agent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

There’s no intermediate point in the process in which you confront the potential employer as a free agent, entitled to cut her own deal.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich