independent source
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindependentandsource
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independent
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofindependentandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The 'next step ' on the road to warlord politics - the establishment of anindependentsourceof accumulation by leaders of factions - has been taken.
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Unmarried or widowed women also enjoy much greater freedom; however, unless they have someindependentsourceof income, they face constant economic difficulty.
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Unfortunately, we did not have a secondindependentsourceof data to estimate the number of missing cases by a capture-recapture method.
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We have noindependentsourceof information on the conditions under which they are detained.
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A postmaster can be pitched out of his post office with no legal protection and noindependentsourceof appeal.
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We have noindependentsourcefor such figures.
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They provide anindependentsourceof advice, which enables energy consumers to take action.
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Anindependentsourceof funds is a "must" for such operations.
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No evidence was received from anindependentsource.
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This is from anindependentsource, not a politically motivated source.
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Legal support may be purchased by a school either from the authority under a service level agreement or from anindependentsource.
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The young person may well need anindependentsourceof advocacy.
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It will need anindependentsourceof its own.
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It would be tragic if women were deprived of anindependentsourceof income.
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A buoyant andindependentsourceof revenue would do much to rejuvenate local government.
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I have gone to anindependentsourcefor my figures without any preconceived idea of what they would produce.
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It was said that local authorities must continue to have someindependentsourceof finance.
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Those straightforward facts are obtained not from us but from anindependentsource.
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Rates are the onlyindependentsourceof local government revenue available to local authorities.
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I regret that there appears to be a lack of anindependentsourceof thought and advice.
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