1
as in impartial
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
made a nonpartisan decision that satisfied all concerned
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2
as in neutral
not favoring or joined to either side in a quarrel, contest, or war
nonpartisan observers who were there to ensure a fair election
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Recent Examples of nonpartisan
But neither the $1 coin or the gold coin has received approval from the Citizens Coinage Advisory Council, a nonpartisan group created by Congress to advise the treasury on coin design.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide.
—Jenna Schweikert, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Jackson has taken his show on the road, bringing live music and multimedia technology to the stage along with his nonpartisan lessons about American history.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Thursday’s event was sponsored by Speak up for Justice, a nonpartisan group supporting an independent judiciary.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide.
—Jenna Schweikert, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Jackson has taken his show on the road, bringing live music and multimedia technology to the stage along with his nonpartisan lessons about American history.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Thursday’s event was sponsored by Speak up for Justice, a nonpartisan group supporting an independent judiciary.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpartisan
Adjective
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Guten singled out the defense’s witness, Beatty, as too biased to render an impartial assessment, characterizing the social worker’s testimony as advocacy, not an expert opinion.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Attorneys for Tyler Robinson continued arguing their motion to keep certain evidence out of the public’s view, citing the potential inability to select an impartial jury in the high-profile case.—
Adriana James-Rodil , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Moreover, this image isn’t a void or hole at all, but a cloud of light-blocking neutral gas, made simply of plain old collections of atoms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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High ceilings, expansive windows, and a restrained neutral palette creates an atmosphere that feels instantly and effortlessly calm.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Social Security Administration projects that simply removing the cap on Social Security taxes would solve the underfunding problem in a way that is equitable and would lead to benefit increases overall.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2026
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Friedman, an Arlington Democrat and chair of the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, proposed a Solomonic, split-the-difference approach, suggesting that competing interests find a way to reach an equitable solution.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Newton’s third law of motion, where every action has an equal and opposite reaction, is the basis for many applications in the world.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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This equal parts cocktail may knock you on your ass.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpartisan. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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