bipartisan
adjective
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Bipartisan is a two-part word. The first element is the prefix bi-, which means "two"; the second is partisan, a word that traces through Middle French and north Italian dialect to the Latin part- or pars, meaning "part." Partisan itself has a long history as a word in English. It has been used as a noun in reference to a firm adherent to a party, faction, or cause (especially one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance), since the 16th century. The related adjective (meaning "of, relating to, or characteristic of a partisan") appeared in the 19th century, as did, after a space of some 50 years, the adjective bipartisan.
Examples of bipartisan in a Sentence
Sean Wilentz, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2009
Seasoned observers of Washington tend to dismiss such talk of national unity and bipartisan cooperation as meaningless political boilerplate …
—Larissa MacFarquhar, New Yorker, 7 May 2007
Two recent national bipartisan blue-ribbon panels, the National Research Council Committee on Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children and the National Reading Panel, came to converging conclusions.
—Bennet A. Shawitz, New Republic, 6 Nov. 2000
The bill has bipartisan support.
Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2024
Under Biden and a bipartisan Congress, the U.S. has sent more than $100 billion to Ukraine to defend itself.
—Eric Cortellessa / Palm Beach, TIME, 30 Apr. 2024
This issue is in the spotlight again because a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was released in Congress this month and has garnered strong bipartisan support.
—Steven Ward, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2024
The House enjoyed bipartisan support and overwhelmingly passed the legislation 105-20, while the Senate passed the law 29-10.
—Jenna Barackman, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2024
Tax incentives in a bipartisan law meant to encourage semiconductor production and a party-line law intended to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to lower-emission energy sources have spurred hundreds of billions of dollars in announcements or spending on new factory construction.
—Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2024
In the early days of the war, Carson was one of 10 House members who voted against a bipartisan resolution backing Israel and condemning Hamas.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2024
Congressional Republicans have planned hearings on whether Biden’s misguided focus on student loan debt forgiveness distracted officials from fixing the FAFSA — a policy that, unlike the administration’s debt cancellation push, has actually been approved by bipartisan majorities in Congress.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 28 Apr. 2024
There is much buzz about the emergence of a bipartisan governing coalition in the House, albeit one born of desperation.
—Michelle Cottle, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Bipartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bipartisan. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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