Definition of nonpartisan
: not partisan; especially : free from party affiliation, bias, or designation nonpartisan ballot a nonpartisan board
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It's a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving our national parks.
made a nonpartisan decision that satisfied all concerned
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Real savings won’t come unless the inmate population drops so low that the state can start closing prisons, said Drew Soderborg, a criminal justice analyst with the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
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Such provisions, as well as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that 23 million Americans would lose health insurance, make the House bill a non-starter with several Republican senators.
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Cristina Chaplain, the missile defense director for the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, said in an email.
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The March for Science in April was labeled nonpartisan, but many participants clearly saw it as a way to take aim at the current administration.
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But not just progressive and nonpartisan groups are reporting membership growth since the presidential election.
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This data was gathered before the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its projection that the AHCA would leave 23 million more people without health insurance by 2026.
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The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans, and engages with them, about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
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Part of the genius of the network was that its existence, and its unabashed pugnacity, reliably incited outrage from other, avowedly nonpartisan media outlets, thereby reinforcing the network’s own message.
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First Known Use of nonpartisan
1843
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: not supporting one political party or group over another : not partisan
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: not supporting one party or side over another
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