nonpartisan
adjective
non·par·ti·san
ˌnän-ˈpär-tə-zən 
-sən
: not partisan
especially
: free from party affiliation, bias, or designation
nonpartisan ballot
a nonpartisan board
Synonyms
Examples of nonpartisan in a Sentence
It's a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving our national parks.
made a nonpartisan decision that satisfied all concerned
Recent Examples on the Web
While Trump has won every Nevada primary he's competed in, he's lost the Silver State -- whose electorate is made up of an increasing majority of nonpartisan voters -- in two general elections.
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Jessica Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal (tns), arkansasonline.com, 22 Apr. 2024
But the gap could be as big as $73 billion, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Kevin Bommer is executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents the interests of Colorado’s 271 cities and towns.
—Kevin Bommer, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
The top four finishers from a nonpartisan primary on Aug. 20 will go on to compete in the general election, not the top two finishers.
—New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The more arresting its doomsday images—a daring raid on the White House, a fiery assault on the Lincoln Memorial—the more Garland’s war loses itself in a nonpartisan fog, a thought experiment that short-circuits thought.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
The initiative stems from misinformation surrounding a nearly $420 million donation Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, made to two nonpartisan nonprofits, the Center for Tech and Civic Life and the Center for Election Innovation & Research, in 2020.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
This is something the Center for Election Science, a national, nonpartisan nonprofit focused on voting reform, is pushing.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
Among White Americans, 90 percent of their social networks are also White, a 2022 study from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, found.
—Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Jessica Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal (tns), arkansasonline.com, 22 Apr. 2024
But the gap could be as big as $73 billion, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Kevin Bommer is executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents the interests of Colorado’s 271 cities and towns.
—Kevin Bommer, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
The top four finishers from a nonpartisan primary on Aug. 20 will go on to compete in the general election, not the top two finishers.
—New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The more arresting its doomsday images—a daring raid on the White House, a fiery assault on the Lincoln Memorial—the more Garland’s war loses itself in a nonpartisan fog, a thought experiment that short-circuits thought.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
The initiative stems from misinformation surrounding a nearly $420 million donation Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, made to two nonpartisan nonprofits, the Center for Tech and Civic Life and the Center for Election Innovation & Research, in 2020.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
This is something the Center for Election Science, a national, nonpartisan nonprofit focused on voting reform, is pushing.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
Among White Americans, 90 percent of their social networks are also White, a 2022 study from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, found.
—Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
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nonpartisan
adjective
non·par·ti·san
(ˈ)nän-ˈpärt-ə-zən
-sən
: not partisan
especially
: free from party ties, bias, or designation
a nonpartisan ballot
a nonpartisan committee
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