Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Artist groups
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Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States
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Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist group
Music
Groups, labels, and genres
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Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels
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Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label
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Independent Albums, American albums chart
Albums
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Independent (Ai album), 2012
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Independent (Faze album), 2006
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Independent (Sacred Reich album), 1993
Songs
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"Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie
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"Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from H
News media organizations
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Independent Media Center (also known as Indymedia or IMC), an open publishing network of journalist collectives that report on political and social issues, e.g., in The Indypendent newspaper of NYC
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ITV (TV network) (Independent Television), a British television channel
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Independent Television, A Bangladeshi news television.
Newspapers
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Grand Island Independent, a newspaper published in Grand Island, Nebraska
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The Independent, a British online newspaper.
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The IndependentRI (South County Newspapers), covering South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and The University of Rhode Island
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Independent News & Media, a print publisher in South Africa, owner of Independent Online (South Africa) until 2013
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Independent Online (South Africa), a news and information website based in South Africa, owned by Sekunjalo Investments since 2013
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Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent
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The Indypendent, a newspaper of the New York City Independent Media Center
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Irish Independent, newspaper
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Long Beach Independent, a morning edition newspaper published in Long Beach, California
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The Malta Independent, a Maltese newspaper and online newspaper
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Marshall Independent, a daily newspaper published in Marshall, Minnesota
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Santa Barbara Independent, a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States
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San Francisco Independent, formerly the largest non-daily U.S. newspaper
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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Independents (film), a 2008 American documentary
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, a book by Karine Jean-Pierre
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Independent bookstore, bookstore that is not part of a chain
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Independent film, film produced by a small movie studio
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Independent media, media that is free of influence by government or corporate interests
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Independent publisher, small press not associated with a major publisher
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Independent radio, radio stations independent of government or conglomerate interference
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Independent sources, in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information
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Independent station, television or radio station that is not affiliated with any network
Mathematics and statistics
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Dependent and independent variables, the argument of a mathematical function
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Independent, in Independence (probability theory), a variable whose occurrence does not affect the probability of occurrence of another
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Independence (mathematical logic), unprovability of a sentence (e.g. the Parallel postulate) from other sentences (e.g. the remaining Euclidean geometry axioms)
Military
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Independent Company, a World War II British unit
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Independent Highland Companies, units of Scottish Highlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries
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Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies of the American Civil War
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Norwegian Independent Company 1, a World War II Norwegian unit
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British Army Independent Companies of Foot, British units in the French and Indian Wars
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Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period
Politics
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Independent city, city that does not form part of another local government entity
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Independent politician, not affiliated with any political party
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Independent voter, not a member of any political party
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Independent voting movement (U.S.), not affiliated with any political party
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Independents (political party), a political party in the Czech Republic
Religion
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Independent (religion), name for supporters of a disestablished Protestant church during the English Civil War, closely identified with support for the English Commonwealth, of which Oliver Cromwell is best known
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Independent church, or non-denominational church, a church unaffiliated with a denominational organization
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Union of Welsh Independents, Congregationalist denomination in Wales
Sports
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Independent circuit, professional wrestling shows not associated with the major wrestling promotions
In U.S. college sports, schools that are not members of an NCAA or NAIA athletic conference, including:
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NCAA Division I FBS independent schools, for football
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NCAA Division I FCS independent schools, for football
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NCAA Division I independent schools (baseball)
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NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
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NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer)
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NCAA Division II independent schools, for all sports
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NCAA Division III independent schools, for all sports
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NCAA independent schools (lacrosse), for all divisions
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NAIA independent schools, for all sports
Other uses
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Independent Institute, an American libertarian think tank
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Dependent and independent verb forms in Goidelic languages
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Independent business, privately owned companies
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Independent clothes store, boutique not associated with the larger retailers
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Independent contractor, organisation or individual which provides goods or services under terms specified in a contract
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Independent school, school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation
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Independent Truck Company, an American skateboarding brand
See also
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Independence (disambiguation)
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Independent Township (disambiguation)
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Independente (disambiguation)
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Indie (disambiguation)
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Independent music, artistic creations outside the commercial mainstream
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Alternative comics
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Indie game, video games that are created independently of the financial backing of a large publishing company
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Systems theory
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L'Indépendant (disambiguation)
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The Independent (disambiguation)
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The Independents (disambiguation)
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