Definition of independencynext
as in independence
the state of being free from the control or power of another adolescence is typically an awkward time for young people, as they are making the difficult transition from the dependency of childhood to the independency of adulthood

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Recent Examples of independency Yet the careful reader will appreciate the significance of the Puritan Cromwell’s independency. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021 His seemingly daily attacks on freedom of speech, the independency of the judiciary, the right to vote and other pillars of our constitutional system are bolstered by an intensely loyal fan base. Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
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Noun
  • Some 13,000 people died in Kosovo's war, which saw ethnic Albanians launch a rebellion to gain independence from Serbia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Part of its independence means that the mission does not participate in the Homeless Management Information System, a database maintained by LAHSA to track homeless people engaged with the system.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • The mission-management and autonomy components communicated through OMS and UCI rather than through custom point-to-point interfaces.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Here's where autonomy stops being binary and starts being a loop.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The pace is being driven by vast government demand, data sovereignty legislation that is keeping caches in-country, and hyperscalers increasingly looking to lease data center space rather than build in new markets.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In 2016, Brexiteers imagined that other European countries would follow their example and cheerily recover absolute sovereignty as liberated nation-states.
    Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But the Cochin Jewish community's complex history includes both religious freedom and internal divisions over class and colorism.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Even veterans given considerable resources and artistic freedom for a live-action feature may find their specific sensibilities are just better suited to animation.
    Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Independency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/independency. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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