1
as in autonomous
able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help
an independent young man who moved out of his parents' house while still a college student
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2
as in separate
not being under the rule or control of another
finally they are an independent people, after centuries of domination by their more powerful neighbors
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Recent Examples of independent
Even independent investors like Bill Gates and Robert De Niro are getting involved, launching luxury hotel projects in the Eternal City.
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Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
His appearance seems designed to ape that of a poet or independent artist: Oryeong even notes this about his facial hair.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
An independent regulatory commission will now be set up to decide on suitable punishments.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
By taking these actions, the FCC is ignoring that Congress set us up to act as an independent agency.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
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Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
His appearance seems designed to ape that of a poet or independent artist: Oryeong even notes this about his facial hair.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
An independent regulatory commission will now be set up to decide on suitable punishments.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
By taking these actions, the FCC is ignoring that Congress set us up to act as an independent agency.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for independent
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To put this in perspective, autonomous vehicles in the commercial area will do about 15 million miles of driving in a virtual world in an hour of training on the cloud.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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There, Xu focused his PhD studies on robot autonomous navigation and machine learning — similar to Liang’s focus of postdoctoral research — and was a key member of the visual navigation research project for China’s lunar exploration program.—
Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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That temporary restraining order came one day after a federal judge in Baltimore temporarily blocked the executive order in response to a separate lawsuit filed on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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In a separate note on Monday, analysts at Germany’s Mwb Research upgraded their price target for Hensoldt to 45 euros ($47.12) per share from 43 euros per share, but downgraded the stock from a buy to a hold.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
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His motivation could be to control something very powerful or just to slow down OpenAI in order to allow XAI to improve—seize the new market opportunity—or to break up OpenAI and render his competition obsolete.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to uncover more details — a process that could soon involve the most powerful observatory ever launched into space.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The event is backed by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which Bloomberg estimates holds $925 billion in assets under management.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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Thames Water is part of a group of companies known as the Kemble Water Group that are owned by a consortium of institutional shareholders – mostly pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.—
Emma Graham,April Roach,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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The facility is more like an apartment than a shelter, Burns said, as families are typically more self-sufficient and have more freedom to come and go.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2025
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His goals now extend beyond financial freedom to raising a self-sufficient and confident individual who can make informed decisions about his future.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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However, Thomas believes communities will become more self-reliant as a result.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Witherspoon presents Margot not as some unhappy bachelorette, but as a modern, self-reliant woman.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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In addition to its momentum and self-sustaining nature, drive has another advantage over motivation: It can be developed and strengthened over time.—
Ryan McGrath,
Forbes,
27 Mar. 2023
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Significantly, some states had self-sustaining populations of wild turkeys that could serve as seed stock.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2023
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Operating cash flow grew 20% to $4.5 billion, while free cash flow more than doubled to $1.3 billion.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Independent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/independent. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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