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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). 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 See All Example Sentences for freestanding
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Adjective
  • This ends a nine-week stretch in which there wasn’t a single soundtrack in the top half of Billboard’s flagship albums chart.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 July 2025
  • Reputation can shift in a single news cycle, so organizations need a coordinated system co-led by marketing and communications, each with distinct expertise by audience: • Marketing brings consumer insights, brand-building and commercialization to protect equity and trust.
    Toby Wong, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Annika Freyer has been named president of Fondation Chanel, while Elizabeth Broderick will become an independent chair of the board.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • When Quaker acquired the quirky beverage brand for $1.7 billion, Snapple had built its success on unconventional marketing and distribution through small, independent distributors that matched its authentic, anti-establishment brand identity.
    Jennifer J. Fondrevay, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • All are coordinated and named by a single body, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which has a separate name list for typhoons.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 29 June 2025
  • The Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James have a long history in two separate stints with each other.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Some states have worked toward laws that mandate human operators in autonomous vehicles; others have fought against the proliferation of deepfakes flooding the internet; some have taken on data privacy and more.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 1 July 2025
  • Tesla’s autonomous ride hailing service went live just over a week ago with nearly a dozen robotaxis shuttling passengers in downtown Austin.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a gated driveway and car port tucked way off and alley, and a detached prefab ADU by Jason Halter of Wonder has a outside entrance from the street and adds another bedroom.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 June 2025
  • Managing national security affairs is not a detached experiment.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025

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“Freestanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freestanding. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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