Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Detached; isolated: as, free-standing statues.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not fixed in any way to a
surface . Relying solely on the force ofgravity to stay in place.
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Examples
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Firstly, there is early indication that free-standing breast centers may be "squeezed" out in favor of more comprehensive women's diagnostic imaging centers that can also provide other vital and insured services like women's heart and lung evaluations.
Tanya Abreu: The Future Of Breast Centers In The U.S. Tanya Abreu 2011
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Would this free-standing planter be visible over the fence?
Model Your Home, Plan Improvements In 3D With Google Sketchup | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Two decades of relief paintings, free-standing sculptures and drawings attested to Mr. Dial's power.
Museums Reveal Degas's Nudes and Islam's Splendor Karen Wilkin 2011
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Firstly, there is early indication that free-standing breast centers may be "squeezed" out in favor of more comprehensive women's diagnostic imaging centers that can also provide other vital and insured services like women's heart and lung evaluations.
Tanya Abreu: The Future Of Breast Centers In The U.S. Tanya Abreu 2011
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The Multiplaza is the designer mall and let me tell you, every major designer is represented there either in their designer department store that looks like Neiman Marcus or with their own free-standing boutique.
Samantha Daniels: 10 Tips for Finding Romance in Panama Samantha Daniels 2011
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Instead, we had a silver fake tree with a three-color wheel in front of a flood lamp that changed the tree into a free-standing blue/green/red no-touch zone.
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Chad Holder for The Wall Street Journal The master bathroom has a free-standing tub and a cut-out looking into the bedroom.
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In a growing number of communities, hospitals are opening their own urgent-care clinics and building free-standing emergency rooms that don't have all the services and equipment of a hospital ER, but offer 24/7 care to stabilize the severely ill and transfer them to hospitals, if necessary.
At the Mall: New Clinics Let Patients Skip the ER Laura Landro 2011
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For patients, it can be advantageous to seek care at clinics and free-standing emergency rooms operated by larger health systems, which also own hospitals and employ doctors.
At the Mall: New Clinics Let Patients Skip the ER Laura Landro 2011
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The Multiplaza is the designer mall and let me tell you, every major designer is represented there either in their designer department store that looks like Neiman Marcus or with their own free-standing boutique.
Samantha Daniels: 10 Tips for Finding Romance in Panama Samantha Daniels 2011
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