independent
Husbands and wives may be taxed independently.
If you've already got experience in word-processing and databases, you can take the spreadsheets module of the course independently.
Several different students came to me independently with the same concern, so I am taking the matter very seriously.
We were concerned that these animals, kept in captivity for so long, might not be able to survive independently in the wild.
For most young people, going to university is their first experience of living independently.

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(as) free as a birdidiom
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at willidiom
autonomist
autonomous
free hand
free pass
free reinidiom
free spirit
free-form
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non-didactic
non-directed
non-restricted
non-restrictive
the world is someone's oysteridiom
walk
walk freeidiom
wiggle room
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independently | Business English

independently
adverb
uk /ˌɪndɪˈpendəntli/us
without being controlled or influenced by the government or another organization:
independently of sb/sthThe person appointed shall act independently of the Board.
independently examined/verified/tested
done by a small company or organization that is not part of a larger group of companies:
The company operates completely independently.
independently produced/owned/runindependently owned bookstores
without being helped or influenced by other people:
work/think independentlyThe survey found that many graduates had difficulty working independently.
He has lived independently since the age of 17.
separately from other things:
Each problem requires different strategies and should be viewed independently.

Examples of independently

independently
Inclusion criteria were applied independently by two reviewers, and in case of disagreement, a consensus was reached.
We estimate the probability of reporting no problem for each dimension independently.
We colour each vertex independently with a random colour.
They make music independently of being shown or taught how to do so.
These studies suggest that patient self-rated health predicted survival independently.
All transcripts were scored independently by two coders who had previously been trained with this system.
Unlike the parallel model, where reproduction and mutation proceed independently of each other, mutations are coupled to reproduction here.
The second unit is performed by the end-effector simultaneously and independently of the first one.
But that, if possible, is possible only because self-interest is thought to be a ground of reasons independently of morality.
This involves the generalisation of an existing feature to a new manner of articulation type, defined in terms of independently occurring features.
An empirical analysis demonstrates that increases in democratic quality, measured independently from electoral activities, tend to be stronger directly after elections than in non-electoral periods.
The location of the critical layer was also discovered independently.
Each trial was evaluated independently by two individuals, and differences were resolved by either consensus or the independent evaluation of a third party.
During the 1980s, the new government tried to manage the economy independently of outside influences, and policy-making was dominated by domestic pressures.
This enabled understanding of the procedure to be examined independently of verbal skills.
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