independence
Example Sentences
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As a politics student, he opposed France's war with independence fighters in Algeria and flirted with Trotskyism.
From Barron's
—The dollar benefited from its safe-haven status as well as from America’s energy independence.
“The USD benefits from its safe haven status and the U.S.’ energy independence,” the team says.
The U.S. has long played a major role in Cuban history, from its involvement in the island’s war of independence from Spain to the heavy hand of American companies in Cuba’s sugar industry.
From Los Angeles Times
“With Iran we now see the irony that despite unimaginable energy independence, the U.S. is still at the whim of a physical chokepoint,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
