independent living
Americannoun
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Dementia involves a decline in thinking and memory severe enough to interfere with daily life and independent living.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
It would require local authorities to support care leavers up to the age of 25 to help them transition into independent living.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
That worked for my grandmother, who transitioned from independent living to assisted living to a Medicaid bed in the nursing-care unit of her community in the 1990s.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
Co-creator Rodrigo Fuenzalida describes his fonts as independent, living beings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Such high contentment with such a slight initial performance as that of having started towards a means of independent living was a part of the Durbeyfield temperament.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
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