statistically independent

This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.

So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.

In a strict sense, of course, no child's drawing is absolutely spontaneous and independent of external stimulus and guidance.

Many persons impede their execution by not keeping the thumb independent enough of the rest of the hand.

While the majority pulled in one way there was an active minority that wished the Nana to set up an independent kingdom.

Divine Providence is about to place independence within our reach, in a manner most acceptable to a free and independent people.