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as in impartial
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
made a nonpartisan decision that satisfied all concerned
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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
The institute is nonpartisan but has ties to the Republican Party, and concluded the state needs stiffer penalties for fentanyl possession and distribution, similar to Texas law.
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Kaitlin Coward, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Georgia Republicans swiftly approved a sweeping elections overhaul Friday that would make most local races in five core metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan — a dramatic shift that could complicate Democratic efforts to hold onto power in the state’s most populous and most liberal region.
—Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The impact of those deals is unclear, a senior policy manager for the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group, wrote this month.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Alexander, head of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, has spent more than three decades working to make the state’s elections more efficient, more transparent and more accountable.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Kaitlin Coward, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Georgia Republicans swiftly approved a sweeping elections overhaul Friday that would make most local races in five core metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan — a dramatic shift that could complicate Democratic efforts to hold onto power in the state’s most populous and most liberal region.
—Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The impact of those deals is unclear, a senior policy manager for the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group, wrote this month.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Alexander, head of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, has spent more than three decades working to make the state’s elections more efficient, more transparent and more accountable.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpartisan
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Lutes allegedly violated this ban by preventing an impartial investigation of his son’s alleged insubordination.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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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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Fewer qubits, faster future The researchers tackled this problem using neutral atom systems, where atoms act as qubits and are arranged using laser beams known as optical tweezers.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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Pair it with matching black or nude heels for a neutral color scheme, or use your shoes to make a statement with a pop of color in a spring wedding guest look.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026
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An airport offers, if not exactly an equitable experience (there are Clear lines, lounge archipelagos), then at least a perceptible simulacrum of equality, in that everyone rides the same people movers past the same Cinnabons.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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The type of hospital services that states will assess matters, said Tony Shih, a senior adviser at the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit focused on making health care more equitable.—
Aaron Bolton,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2026
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That’s nearly equal to the average Wall Street bonus for 2025.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Dating back to the Great Recession and the Covid pandemic, when private investment firms began pouring billions into purchasing single-family homes, the issue has become an equal-opportunity boogeyman.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpartisan. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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