UNAFFILIATED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

unaffiliated

adjective

Definition of unaffiliated

as in independent

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Recent Examples of unaffiliated Roost Social and Carrier Pidge (both separate, unaffiliated apps) appeal to users seeking a slower, more deliberate style of communication. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 In a statement, Masterson laid out his pitch to unaffiliated voters. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 The manual is used not only by the program's centers, but also many unaffiliated private childcare centers across the country. — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026 The deadline for new voters and unaffiliated voters to register by mail was July 24. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unaffiliated

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Authorities have opened roughly 10 criminal cases against independent journalists and popular bloggers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
One of the loudest voices in the cattle world agitating against the border reopening is Bill Bullard, the CEO of R-CALF, a national association of independent cattle and sheep farmers.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of independent

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The partnership combines Saildrone’s experience operating autonomous vessels in remote maritime environments with Lockheed Martin’s expertise in weapons, sensors, combat systems and mission integration.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
As men, women and children flooded across the border between Morocco and Spain, into the autonomous city of Ceuta at the end of July, European populists and anti-immigrant politicians capitalized on the shocking images of human desperation.

— Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of autonomous

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Gartner expects sovereign-cloud spending to reach $80 billion in 2026, with a fifth of workloads shifting from global providers to local ones.

— Bora Unlu, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
SpaceX could emerge as a serious competitor, while sovereign wealth funds such as Saudi Arabia’s PIF and Abu Dhabi’s MGX combine cheap capital, abundant power and the flexibility to work with both western and Chinese AI companies.

— Amit Joshi, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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