independent
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The problem: “You become entirely independent of the rest of the world, except for economic growth,” says Wright, author of “Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What It Means for the World.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"As AI agents become more capable and autonomous, those capabilities need to be matched by proportionate containment, real-time monitoring, clear accountability, independent oversight, and much faster incident reporting."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Stocks peaked in August of that year, said McDonald, the founder of The Bear Traps Report, an independent macroeconomic-research platform.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
"Our results show that proteins can have important biological functions that are completely independent of their enzymatic activity," says corresponding author Stefan Kubicek, Principal Investigator at CeMM.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
If genes were, indeed, independent particles of information, then it should be possible to select, purify, and manipulate these particles independently from one another.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
That includes 69% of Democrats, 54% of Republicans and 53% of independents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the American context, after all, Oscar season is just about the last place for broad, sustained attention to challenging studio fare, bold independents, international features and documentaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
It hasn't all been plain sailing - already two councillors, Steve Lewis and Rhys Carr, have left Reform to sit as independents, and a third, Nick Farmer, has been suspended by the party.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A March 2026 poll found 77% of all voters support raising taxes on billionaires, including 65% of Republicans, 75% of independents, and 91% of Democrats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Every hotel concierge knows who to call if some guest wants tickets. All I’m sayin’ is, it’s not as easy as you think for a couple of independents.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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