independent
Example Sentences
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It asserted America's right to dominate the Western hemisphere and keep European powers from trying to meddle in the newly independent states of Latin America.
From BBC
Shared values would always unite the U.S. with Western democracies, the global production of everything from semiconductors to oil made economic interdependence unavoidable, and an independent U.S.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner later ruled Good’s death a homicide, fueling calls from local officials and community members for transparency and independent investigation.
From Salon
Policing is, by principle in this country, operationally independent from ministers.
From BBC
So self-effacing is Rembrandt, in fact, that some portraits, and this is one, seem to have come into being independent of human agency.
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