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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Meta is also promising to do a better job of verifying users' ages and has agreed to report regularly to an independent auditor.

— Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
The agreement also fully exempts credits for independent film — which account for 10% of the $750 million program — from the cap.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of independent

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On the Chinese side of the border, in the autonomous region of Tibet, the deluge overwhelmed Gyirong Port, a major border crossing with Nepal that, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster movie, appears to have been completely washed away.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The pilot covered one subsystem, rather than demonstrating autonomous maintenance of an entire quantum computer.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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When the 2008 global financial crisis triggered the eurozone crisis, the deficit countries experienced sovereign debt crises, unemployment, austerity, and prolonged stagnation that unwound the imbalances.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Cosine, pitched as Britain’s first fully sovereign frontier AI model, has attracted corporate partners including BAE Systems, PwC, and Lloyds Banking Group, the FT reports.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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