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as in single
not physically attached to another unit
a freestanding CD player that can easily be hooked up to your existing components
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as in independent
not being under the rule or control of another
it's a freestanding store, not a franchise
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Recent Examples of freestanding
There is also a freestanding version that has two sizes (5 feet by 5 feet and 6 feet by 6 feet).
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Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020
And a related fundraising drive, yielding $17 million, helped formally launch the center itself, not just as a loose assemblage of interested researchers but as a freestanding research facility.
—John Semley, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
Dora drove Nick to the nearest hospital, a freestanding emergency room in the Baptist system.
—Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2020
The Hunts also opted for a freestanding tub and eliminated the shower curtain to keep an open feel.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2020
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Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020
And a related fundraising drive, yielding $17 million, helped formally launch the center itself, not just as a loose assemblage of interested researchers but as a freestanding research facility.
—John Semley, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
Dora drove Nick to the nearest hospital, a freestanding emergency room in the Baptist system.
—Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2020
The Hunts also opted for a freestanding tub and eliminated the shower curtain to keep an open feel.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2020
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After spending Thursday trying to sway Republican holdouts to back his bid to retain the speaker's gavel, Mike Johnson's future could still come down to a single GOP vote Friday when House holds elects a new leader as the 119th Congress begins.Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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What might take closer to a decade and involve a big set of animation directors was instead done in just a couple of years with a single director — an arduous process Chou candidly talked about as being unprecedented.Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
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The show revolves around three generations of strong, independent women: Kat Landry (Chyler Leigh), her teenage daughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow), and Kat's mother, Del (Andie MacDowell).Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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The worst performer for the month and the year was independent streaming outfit Fubo (FUBO), which lost 21% in December and 60% for the year.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Last month, Crowley wrote a memo to Bass urgently requesting additional funds and expressing concerns that a separate $7 million cut in overtime funds could hinder fire response efforts.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Relish in the large bath with double sinks, a soaking tub and a separate stall shower.Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
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Aurora and other companies are working hard at making highway autonomous trucking a reality.Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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The work of art is not a miraculously healing, autonomous object that finds its counterpoint in an awed and newly invigorated individual viewer.Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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The main house measures in at about 8,000 square feet and has five bedrooms, while the detached guest house has another two bedrooms in just over 1,000 square feet of space.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
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Most of the devices were found in a detached garage, where the FBI also found tools and manufacturing materials, including homemade fuses and pieces of PVC pipe.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Freestanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freestanding. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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