independent
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The company said an independent review was under way to strengthen procedures and training, alongside an internal review of room‑access security to improve guest safety and confidence.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The city’s Securities and Futures Commission said Thursday that PwC Hong Kong will set aside one billion Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to US$127.7 million, to compensate eligible independent minority shareholders of China Evergrande.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Yes, they have shareholders, they have boards, people they have to be accountable to, but they can also make independent decisions.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
Former Fed governor Kevin Warsh told senators he would run an independent central bank, saying Trump has never asked him to commit to cutting interest rates and that he wouldn’t have agreed to do so.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Often she’d fall asleep in the theater and wake up just before the crackling self-guided tour recording announced that India became independent from the British in 1947.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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