independence
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"Nuclear energy is at the crossroads of the two independences of France: the independence of her defense and the independence of her energy supply."
From Time Magazine Archive
And what was she, after all, with all her independences and certainties, but an ignorant, unwise child whom two wise grown men were using for a pet or a plaything—how could she tell which?
From The Wishing-Ring Man by Widdemer, Margaret
I quite love my present age and the compensations, simplifications, freedom, independences, memories, advantages of it.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
These economic dependences and independences consist only in the relations of one man or woman to the others.
From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by Saleeby, C. W. (Caleb Williams)
The ultimate extent of these independences, she still dared not contemplate.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Vocabulary lists containing independence
The American Revolution - Introductory
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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Pacific Islands - Introductory
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