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relating to or involving members of two political parties
a bipartisan effort The bill has bipartisan support.
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Recent Examples of bipartisan
The bipartisan effort has passed the Senate unanimously, and Ocasio-Cortez and Lee hope to get it through the House without delay.
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Hannah Shewan Stevens, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
Reform attempts received bipartisan support in the mid-2010s, but faltered after pressure from law enforcement groups.
—Keaton Ross, Oklahoma Watch, 23 Jan. 2026
Three of the bills had broad, bipartisan support.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Gillibrand stressed that lawmakers must stay at the negotiating table and keep working on a bipartisan basis to create a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets.
—Talia Kaplan, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
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Hannah Shewan Stevens, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
Reform attempts received bipartisan support in the mid-2010s, but faltered after pressure from law enforcement groups.
—Keaton Ross, Oklahoma Watch, 23 Jan. 2026
Three of the bills had broad, bipartisan support.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Gillibrand stressed that lawmakers must stay at the negotiating table and keep working on a bipartisan basis to create a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets.
—Talia Kaplan, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bipartisan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bipartisan
Adjective
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This neutral boundary-setting phrase avoids unnecessary over-explaining.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Up against one of the game’s best servers, the 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, Świątek’s lack of a release valve in tight moments and access to free points in more neutral ones led to a 7-5, 6-1 quarterfinal defeat.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Compute, sensors, steering, braking, and charging systems are all integrated into a unified autonomy stack rather than operating as independent subsystems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Camera Cinemas — the independent outfit led by Jack NyBlom, Jim Zuur and Dennis Skaggs — came in, renovated and added four auditoriums and reopened in July 2002 with a combo of first-run blockbusters and independent movies.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Still, cost estimates for the checks from three nonpartisan groups all showed that the dividend payments could cost more than what tariffs bring in over the course of a year.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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This story was produced andoriginally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom.—
Natalie Yahr,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Bipartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bipartisan. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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