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the ability to care for one's self children are supposed to achieve some measure of independence by the time they are 18—so it's time for that 30-year-old to move out!

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Recent Examples of independence Season 14 Erika is lighter, focusing on her personal growth and independence, and serving as a (mostly) neutral mediator between the warring forces of Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 As a self-governing territory of Denmark, Greenland’s foreign affairs are managed from Copenhagen, but its leaders have expressed a desire for full independence and drafted a prospective constitution. Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025 The goal is to ensure creators maintain their independence and autonomy, while Screenlifer will support these projects without taking over creative or production control. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025 Thirty years earlier, in 1995, on the weekend before Quebec’s second referendum on independence, my family and I went to Montreal to wander the city, to try to sense what Quebeckers were feeling, but mostly just to be there. Ken Dryden, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for independence
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Noun
  • By granting autonomy and ownership over tasks, employees can better manage stress and enhance their sense of accomplishment and contentment.
    Wayne Yu, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Higher levels of autonomy bring the expectation of revenue streams with fatter profit margins, greater flexibility for drivers and safer transportation.
    Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And at the heart of this loss of freedom is a fundamental misunderstanding—or even a deliberate abandonment—of what sovereignty really means in America.
    Nisha Whitehead, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
  • After all, Trump is not openly attacking British or French sovereignty.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The route between Guangzhou, China and Bangkok in Thailand is known as a fifth freedom route, which is route operated by an airline that is not flying to or from its home country.
    Michele Robson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • What To Know According to reports from Wired, some groups calling for freedom cities have already been in communication with the Trump administration.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This visit was very important signal for our partners that Kyiv, much more safety right now, and also very important signal that Great Britain stay together with Ukraine, support Ukraine -- support our country in the fight for our freedom, for our independency.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Yet the careful reader will appreciate the significance of the Puritan Cromwell’s independency.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • Trade War Overview Tariff threats and trade policies are being weaponized to advance U.S. geopolitical conflict deterrence and economic statecraft, acting as the sword and shield of economic security to support U.S. self-sufficiency and undercut Chinese economic power.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • To the contrary, these curbs have motivated China to double down on its ambition to achieve technological self-sufficiency—an effort that has yielded notable advances in chips, electric vehicles, fighter jets, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence.
    Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
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  • With initiatives like self-reliance, high-tech manufacturing, and circular textiles, India is not only preserving its heritage but also shaping the future of the global textile industry.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The foreign minister went on to argue that Iran has pursued a different path—one of self-reliance and strategic independence.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Independence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/independence. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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