In pure selectionism such change would be impossible because each step must occur independently.

Nothing much even seemed to occur independently to them.

I am convinced the thought of home would not have occurred independently to me.

Ida is a given name occurring independently in several cultures.

"I'm sure it would be, but the suggestion is reasonable enough to have occurred to me independently."

According to Baxter, however, labiodentalization might have occurred independently of each other in different areas.

Other improvements occurred independently of the change in engine design.

These mechanisms may occur independently, but are more effective in combination.

Failure may also occur independently of the causes outlined above.

These changes occurred in several places of the world independently.