1
: one that is independent
especially
: an unaffiliated record or motion-picture production company
2
: something (such as a record or film) produced by an indie
indie
adjective
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The indie has completed the second in the Wolf Hall franchise, also for Masterpiece and the BBC, and is working on an Inspector Lynley Mysteries adaptation for BritBox International.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
First released on a local indie, the single was picked up by a larger record company and even made the Billboard singles chart.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024
The thinking was that indies couldn’t compete with the endless merchandise and full runway collections available at retail Goliaths such as Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2024
The indie from director Mary Darling and WestWind Pictures will see Azizi play Farhad Khosrovi, a Tehran bookstore owner whose daughter Utab (Parmiss Sehat) attends a secret university aligned with the Iranian Bahá’í spiritualist faith.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
First released on a local indie, the single was picked up by a larger record company and even made the Billboard singles chart.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024
The thinking was that indies couldn’t compete with the endless merchandise and full runway collections available at retail Goliaths such as Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2024
The indie from director Mary Darling and WestWind Pictures will see Azizi play Farhad Khosrovi, a Tehran bookstore owner whose daughter Utab (Parmiss Sehat) attends a secret university aligned with the Iranian Bahá’í spiritualist faith.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Indie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indie. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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