How to Use independent in a Sentence

independent

1 of 2 adjective

• She is a very independent person.
• She has an independent mind.
• They lead an independent life.
• They have a good deal of independent authority.
• She has an independent income.
• The country recently became independent.
• Another laboratory has provided independent confirmation of the test results.
• The new work involves a third way to measure the distance that's independent of the other two.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
• The Fed needs to be seen as independent and tough, and to squelch inflation, as Mr. Volcker did.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Yet, as has often been the case in recent years, the list of the best movies of 2023 includes many low-budget independent productions.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2024
• At the same time, Grainge, the founder of an independent record label, is a valuable resource, and not just as her picture perfect other half.
  — Maer Roshan, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023
• The ethos of independent living, of autonomy, of agency, all of this was practiced on a day-to-day basis through this program.
  — Jodi Hausen, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
• This gives them a competitive advantage over independent repair shops, who can see the data only when the car is plugged in at the shop.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• So that job kept me going, between cashiering at Staples and then every once in a while having an independent film.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
• This will include convening an independent committee of the Board to oversee a review of the recent events.
  — Alex Heath, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2023
• In 2020, it was lighted red to support independent music venues.
  — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The design marketplace of independent artists around the globe offers unique, custom gifts for everyone on your list.
  — The View, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Gillaspie’s baseball life has also been an odyssey, with a professional career that began in the independent leagues in 2017.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2023
• The Caribbean country is one of 15 independent nations, known as Commonwealth realms, which counts the U.K.'s sovereign as their head of state.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• Milov said there could now be no independent investigation to establish the cause of death.
  — Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• The league reserves the right to take an independent view of available evidence, which in Kamara’s case, includes security video of the fight.
  — Brett Martel, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• Tastemaker Albums lists the week’s top-selling albums at independent record stores.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 16 May 2023
• With four-wheel drive, an independent rear suspension, and lively steering, the Quattro stays as well balanced as a squirrel on a telephone wire.
  — Fred M.h. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
• Join this session to learn about the role of independent retailers in expanding your customer base and preparing to scale in mass retail.
  — Essence, 30 June 2023
• Taking place at the DeJoria Center on Jan. 18, the event helps the nonprofit to raise funds to support independent artists year-round through labs, grants and public programming.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
• Tastemaker Albums measures the top-selling titles at independent and small chain record stores.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
• One of the many conversations around New York Fashion Week this season was about the ways this city can sometimes be inhospitable to the success of independent designers.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
• The most rewarding aspect of being an independent artist is being able to keep creative control.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
• As the independent Russian news website Meduza notes, Russia’s national anthem—which is 76 beats per minute—falls outside the culture ministry’s range.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
• But the independent autopsy results debunk the city's claims by stating Wade was in fact carrying identification and the family could have been promptly notified.
  — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024

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independent

2 of 2 noun

• She registered to vote as an Independent.
• That includes an even greater share of independents, the firm said.
  — Sahil Kapur, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• About 63% of independents and 96% of Democrats backed the winner, Democrat Katie Hobbs.
  — CBS News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Lake will have to win over the Republicans and independents who were leery of her two years ago.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 23 Mar. 2024
• Among independents, the margin was 7 points in favor of Democrats.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• Biden showed an ability in 2020 to draw support from independents who turned away from the GOP.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Sabrina Rodriguez, Colby Itkowitz, Meryl Kornfield, Dylan Wells, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2023
• Years ago, as an independent, I would’ve never been mentioned alongside the names of major artists at the Grammys.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
• And the third is by losing the battle for the seemingly shrunken but still vital pool of swing voters and true independents out there.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
• Among independents, Biden gets 42%, while Trump gets 35%.
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
• This gives New Hampshire one of the largest blocs of registered independents among the 31 states that have party enrollment.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2023
• Trump needs these independents in some swing states to make up for a party registration deficit.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
• Kohout, an independent, served as head of the local chapter.
  — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• Young voters, Latinos and independents in the survey are either sliding away from Biden or aren't sold on voting for him.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 7 Apr. 2024
• If you’re used to a specific chain or hotel and don’t like their prices anymore, there is always another brand to fill in that void, or independents or rentals.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
• Yet the candidates who are part of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party — running as independents — put forth a strong showing in the contentious poll.
  — Ismail Dilawar, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
• Haley won independents who voted in the Republican primaries in state after state, but there weren't enough of them.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
• All candidates in Tuvalu run as independents, with the top two vote-getters in each of the eight island electorates going to parliament.
  — Keiran Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
• All of its candidates had been ordered by a court to run as independents in the lead-up to the election, which now opens up the possibility of rival parties poaching some of them in the coming days.
  — Haq Nawaz Khan, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• If there were primaries, Rodriguez would have had a stronger chance of winning as the Democratic option against Morrison, an independent.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
• The amount of independents in New Hampshire affects which candidates succeed there.
  — Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Seven in 10 Democrats approve of how Biden is handling the issue of prescription drug prices, compared to about a third of independents and about a quarter of Republicans.
  — Seung Min Kim, Fortune Well, 15 Sep. 2023
• Crow made the $3,300 donation in August, weeks before West abandoned his bid for the Green Party nomination to run as an independent.
  — Katherine Doyle, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• And Republicans are more likely than independents and Democrats to hold such beliefs.
  — Jason Derose, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
• These Haley-but-not-Trump voters identify far more as independents than with any party.
  — Aaron Zitner, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
• Will candidates running with third parties or as independents make the ballot?
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• More independents did as well, 59 percent compared to 50 percent.
  — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• Part of what makes their businesses so appealing is the small scale, but many independents have had to expand their workshops, hire new staff, or even acquire other companies just to source parts.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2023
• Ferbert has stressed the need for a city attorney independent of the council and the mayor, while suggesting relationships could be improved.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
• Exit polls there show that 55 percent of people who identified as independents backed one of Mr. Trump’s opponents.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
• But pollsters found that a wedge was starting to form, as backing among Republicans and conservative independents had dropped 13 percentage points just since the previous year.
  — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024