free agency

collocation in English

meaningsoffreeandagency

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free
adjective
adverb
uk
/friː/us
/friː/
not limited ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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(Definition offreeandagencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffree agency

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This, however, raised a difficult question about the nature offreeagency.
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And insofar as mental causation is the best candidate for a mechanism through which such influence might be implemented,freeagencyis inconsistent with epiphenomenalism.
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That notion of self-determination we talked so much about in the 1970s and 1980s looks a lot likefreeagency.
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This obviously leads to severe difficulties in connection withfreeagency.
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Yet, at another level, they have nofreeagencywhatsoever.
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The only limit to this reach is the (normal) exclusion of interventions - miraculous or otherwise - that would interfere with the functioning offreeagencyin human beings.
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It must be by their ownfreeagency, and it must be in their own discretion to accept or refuse any invitation we make.
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This was the highest salary ever paid to a pitcher eligible for arbitration beforefreeagency.
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He filed forfreeagencyafter the season and has subsequently re-signed with a contract extension.
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Rosters are filled by a combination of drafts,freeagency, and trades.
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In order to qualify for restrictedfreeagencyplayers must have played in the league for three seasons and participated in twenty-three regular season games.
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The competition of another, better paying league caused players' salaries to skyrocket, demonstrating the bargaining potential offreeagencyfor the first time.
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However, as players began to leave each team throughfreeagency, trades, or retirements, the rivalry began to die down.
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He was grantedfreeagencyafter the 2010 season.
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He filed forfreeagencyafter the 2009 season.
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The player could still trade and release players tofreeagency.
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Rather, they believe that arranged marriages violate the membersfreeagency.
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After the 1989 season, he was grantedfreeagencyand never returned to the major leagues.
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He filed forfreeagencyfollowing the 2009 season.
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All players not signed to multi-year contracts would be eligible forfreeagencyat the end of the 1976 season.
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