free agent
noun
: a professional athlete (such as a baseball player) who is free to negotiate a contract with any team
free agency
noun
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McDermott’s Bills have six players on their roster who joined the team as college free agents and five more on their practice squad.
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Dan Pompei, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Projecting the futures of 29 Dolphins free agents is the ultimate crapshoot, because nobody has any idea what new management will think of these players.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Wennberg had been one of the Sharks’ most prominent pending unrestricted free agents until the two sides came together on a three-year, $18 million extension, finalized on Sunday.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Top wing defender Dorian Finney-Smith signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Houston Rockets.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Dan Pompei, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Projecting the futures of 29 Dolphins free agents is the ultimate crapshoot, because nobody has any idea what new management will think of these players.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Wennberg had been one of the Sharks’ most prominent pending unrestricted free agents until the two sides came together on a three-year, $18 million extension, finalized on Sunday.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Top wing defender Dorian Finney-Smith signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Houston Rockets.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Free agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20agent. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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