Gray first wrote to Robert Owen in 1823, having noticed that some of Owen's ideas resembled those he had reached independently.

It raised questions about Mr. Martin's contention that his decision had been reached independently of "outside influences."

Darwin, for example, rushed his theory of evolution into print only after he learned another English naturalist had independently reached the same conclusions.

The inventor may shape claims during the delay to cover technology that has independently reached the marketplace.

By then, Nikola Tesla had independently reached the same concept and was seeking a patent.

To qualify as creative problem solving, the solution must solve the stated problem in a novel way, and the solution must be reached independently.

Early in 1998, the two teams announced that they had each independently reached the same conclusion, and it was the opposite of what either of them expected.

But they have independently reached some similar conclusions.

I resolved not to date her anymore-a decision she had probably already reached independently herself.

Others have independently reached similar conclusions, as for example Oscar Reutersvard (1915-2002), the "father of impossible figures."