independently

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Recent Examples of independently But Fox News Digital has not independently verified that the more ambitious provision in the roadmap — manufacturing Russian aircraft components inside Iran — was implemented. Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 But the shareholders suing Fox are challenging whether Nasser was acting truly independently. Maddy Lauria, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026 The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify the claims. Toqa Ezzidin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Cottage cheese lasagna FAQs All products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors. Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 The idea relied on superradiance, a phenomenon in which many particles emit radiation collectively rather than independently. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026 Its headline feature is a four-head architecture, with four independently moving toolheads that can handle multi-color, multi-material, or parallel batch jobs. New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026 Those figures could not be independently verified by The Athletic. James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 But this seemed an acceptable trade-off for a childhood in which kids quickly learned to act independently. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for independently
Adverb
  • In Japanese television, a cour refers to a broadcast block of roughly three months, and anime seasons are often split into multiple cours that air separately rather than airing all at once.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Existing comparison methods typically examine capacity, voltage, impedance, efficiency or power capability separately.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Since the incident with Rihanna, Brown has defended his innocence in nearly every situation, and his fans (139 million of them on Instagram alone, affectionately called Team Breezy) have chosen to defend him in turn.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This past year alone, MLS moved its broadcasts from behind a double paywall and onto the regular Apple TV streaming service and added a sponsorship asset to the lower-back area of club jerseys.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Although the pair walked the red carpet individually, they were pictured holding hands and posing in a sweet embrace inside the event.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
  • For strategic answers, ask what the system would need to know before its advice could reasonably apply to you individually.
    Leo S. Lo, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • For brands, the extent and pace of their growth are therefore no longer determined solely by the pace of store openings, but by their ability to become part of consumers’ everyday lives and build meaningful connections with local markets.
    Advertorial, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • With no eyewitness or traces of blood connecting her to the crime, the prosecution’s case relied solely on circumstantial evidence.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Plant singly as an accent or mass in mixed borders and privacy plantings.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
  • When eggs or embryos are destroyed as the result of commercial egg storage tank failures, lawsuits may follow, singly, as a group, or in a class action.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

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“Independently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/independently. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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