independent

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Two years later, it became an independent company when it split from EBay.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He appealed the decision but it was upheld by an independent council, the organisation added.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Mr. Sanders, an independent, is a U.S. senator from Vermont.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The Boca Raton, Fla.,-based company is one of the largest independent wireless communications infrastructure companies in the U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

What killed alchemy was the insistence that experiments must be openly reported in publications which presented a clear account of what had happened, and they must then be replicated, preferably before independent witnesses.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton