independence
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Anna faces barriers because of her disability, like getting a well-paying job, but she yearns for some sort of independence as an adult.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
These capsule reviews show a cheeky critical independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
"There's going to need to be something much closer to support at least half the population supporting independence before there is any chance of a referendum being won," McAllister believes.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
It’s never wrong to initiate a conversation about your own financial independence.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
But we also need to recognize that in the short run, during and immediately after the war for independence, there was a prevailing consensus that slavery was already on the road to extinction.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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