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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That's right—a clean, nonpartisan funding bill.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday estimated that a shutdown could furlough roughly 750,000 federal workers each day, depriving them of about $400 million in wages daily.
—Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Lawmakers took to the airwaves to blame each other for the looming shutdown, which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated would result in the furlough of about 750,000 federal employees.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
To meaningfully change that calculus, the price of coal would need to fall by at least half, said Ben King, director for energy at the nonpartisan Rhodium Group.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday estimated that a shutdown could furlough roughly 750,000 federal workers each day, depriving them of about $400 million in wages daily.
—Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Lawmakers took to the airwaves to blame each other for the looming shutdown, which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated would result in the furlough of about 750,000 federal employees.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
To meaningfully change that calculus, the price of coal would need to fall by at least half, said Ben King, director for energy at the nonpartisan Rhodium Group.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 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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