independently

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Recent Examples of independently Erin Mandzik, senior director of corporate communications for FAT Brands, Round Table Pizza’s parent company, told The Fresno Bee that the restaurant was independently owned and operated. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 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 AccordionItemContainerButton All products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors. Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026 The second company may have to learn essentially the same lesson independently, as may the third, fourth and fifth. Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Rashidian also described accounts of arrests, executions and broader security crackdowns – claims CNN cannot independently verify. Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for independently
Adverb
  • The analysis gives every product listing equal weight and does not separately assess whether polyester is virgin or recycled—limitations that complicate comparisons among fast-fashion, activewear and outdoor brands.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The three platforms have separately appealed a sub-quota requiring them to devote 20% of their mandatory audiovisual investment to genres including animation, documentaries and recorded or recreated live performance.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The signatories argue that a correct answer alone does not capture what makes mathematical research valuable.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
  • But because a film shoot is kind of boring, most of us abandoned the ladders after an hour, leaving my brother to watch the rest of the filming alone.
    Sarah Shanfield, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Fix compared it to the Apollo mission, in which NASA corralled 20,000 companies and universities to make millions of parts to build a rocket none of them could have launched individually.
    Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But Pattinson’s is only one turn within a stellar cast who individually deliver some career-best screen work.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Large cells show stronger durability The researchers said the findings point to electrochemical protocol design as a way to improve LMR battery stability without relying solely on changes to the battery materials themselves.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Hossain is careful not to place the blame for that pressure solely on men.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 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 15 Sep. 2026.

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