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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Justin Pickett, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2025
To do so, the government and opposition could jointly appoint nonpartisan experts to head the country’s central bank and oil company.
—Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2025
The study, conducted by the Institute of International Education, a nonpartisan organization, said new international student enrollments declined by 17% this year, the largest drop in more than a decade, not including the pandemic.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strip hundreds of millions of dollars a year in CalFresh food aid from low-income Californians and shift billions in costs to state and counties.
—JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonpartisan. Accessed 22 Nov. 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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