independent
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It specifically excluded multimember independent commissions like the Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Cosby Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar: 352 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Both were independent nonexecutive directors of Next Digital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
“We’re independent on the policy area, but we’re accountable in Congress.”
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Polyphony is a word that refers to multiple independent lines of music sung at the same time.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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