nonpartisan

adjective

non·​par·​ti·​san ˌnän-ˈpär-tə-zən How to pronounce nonpartisan (audio)
-sən
: not partisan
especially : free from party affiliation, bias, or designation
nonpartisan ballot
a nonpartisan board
nonpartisanship noun

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 Inside Elections, a nonpartisan political analysis firm, sees two as tossups, the seats now held by Rep. John Duarte, R-Modesto, and Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita. David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024 For years, the nonpartisan group has called for revamping Medicare Advantage payments. John Tozzi Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2024 The nonprofit, nonpartisan group held a news conference last month to show support for House Bill 2815 and another bill that would renew the state’s low-income tax credit. The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024 Child poverty roughly doubled following the expiration of a tax credit expansion approved by Biden in 2021, and roughly half of Americans will struggle to pay typical expenses in old age, said Howard Gleckman, senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank. Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 Despite his barely-there strategy — Garvey held few public events and did not pay for a single television ad — polls show the Republican is on the cusp of winning one of the top two spots in the nonpartisan primary and advancing to the general election. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024 The foreign-born now make up 18.6 percent of the labor force, and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that over the next 10 years, immigration will keep the number of working Americans from sinking. Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024 The District 16 race is now California’s most expensive House race, according to the nonpartisan research group OpenSecrets. Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024 And create nonpartisan redistricting, as in California. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nonpartisan was in 1843

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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonpartisan. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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nonpartisan

adjective
non·​par·​ti·​san (ˈ)nän-ˈpärt-ə-zən How to pronounce nonpartisan (audio)
-sən
: not partisan
especially : free from party ties, bias, or designation
a nonpartisan ballot
a nonpartisan committee

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