independence

Example Sentences

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Old Emma liked to keep her independence, so Lulu fixed up ropes leading from the house out to the shed, where she kept her loom, and another one from the shed out to the privy.

From Literature

Warsh, seen by observers as a defender of the Fed's independence, reassured traditional markets, prompting investors to sell safe-haven assets such as gold and silver, whose prices plunged.

From Barron's

There were challenging areas during the transition -- for example in document‑sharing with other federal states and the national government -- but Schroedter said the state showed "digital independence is possible".

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to Capitol Hill, getting grilled on everything from the slumping dollar to Federal Reserve independence.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to Capitol Hill, getting grilled on everything from the slumping dollar to Federal Reserve independence.

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