free agent
Example Sentences
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But the changes Karp enacted have rippled across the industry as firms have grown and teams of lawyers now routinely defect to competing firms like baseball free agents.
He would become a free agent, with the opportunity to go wherever he wished.
From BBC
Durant and safety Kam Curl are among the team’s pending unrestricted free agents.
From Los Angeles Times
James will be a free agent at the end of the season and if he extends his stay in Los Angeles, is likely to be asked to take a pay cut, NBA analysts believe.
From Barron's
After a strong showing, he exercised that right and became a free agent again, this time with no draft pick attached to him.
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