independence
Example Sentences
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It wants its independence, but also wants to dictate a schedule filled with conference-affiliated teams.
From Los Angeles Times
While most Greenlanders favour eventual independence from Denmark, opinion polls show overwhelming opposition to becoming part of the US.
From BBC
The Global Settlement wasn’t perfect, but it restored the possibility of objectivity and independence to Wall Street research.
An evangelical Christian, Huckabee first visited Israel more than 50 years ago at 17 and was immediately taken with what he saw as a pioneering, scrappy democracy fighting for independence like early America.
Togo's government responded by calling in the EU ambassador to tell him that the country's justice system operated with total independence.
From BBC
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