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
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
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Conservationists were handed a win last week, when the Senate’s nonpartisan parliamentarian blocked a provision that would have mandated the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of federal public lands across the West from being included in the Republican budget bill.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The law allows a candidate to declare a party or disregard the party tag and run as a nonpartisan candidate.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate bill would increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion from 2025 to 2034.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Both the House and Senate versions of the bill, which is still undergoing changes as the upper chamber votes on amendments, would reduce funding for the program by hundreds of billions of dollars, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 30 June 2025
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The law allows a candidate to declare a party or disregard the party tag and run as a nonpartisan candidate.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate bill would increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion from 2025 to 2034.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Both the House and Senate versions of the bill, which is still undergoing changes as the upper chamber votes on amendments, would reduce funding for the program by hundreds of billions of dollars, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 30 June 2025
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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonpartisan. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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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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