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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
As school districts and the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau pointed out in 2023, the $325 per year doesn’t actually keep pace with inflation.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Austin Neudecker, Weave Growth NO: Trump, without evidence, alleged political manipulation and fired the nonpartisan BLS commissioner after the agency published weak jobs numbers and downward revisions.
—Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Voters in states such as Michigan, Arizona, Colorado, and New Jersey, have supported nonpartisan redistricting commissions.
—Benjamin Schneer, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Donalds’ voting record in Congress has netted him one of the most conservative ratings of any House member by the nonpartisan congressional tracker GovTrack.
—Kirby Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Austin Neudecker, Weave Growth NO: Trump, without evidence, alleged political manipulation and fired the nonpartisan BLS commissioner after the agency published weak jobs numbers and downward revisions.
—Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Voters in states such as Michigan, Arizona, Colorado, and New Jersey, have supported nonpartisan redistricting commissions.
—Benjamin Schneer, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Donalds’ voting record in Congress has netted him one of the most conservative ratings of any House member by the nonpartisan congressional tracker GovTrack.
—Kirby Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpartisan
Adjective
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The vice president would have been better advised to stand for fair and impartial maps in the Hoosier State and beyond.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
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The debate over whether algorithms can ever be truly impartial has been simmering for years; what’s new is the urgency to move from philosophical musing to enforceable standards.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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These traits are not neutral—they’re cognitive biases in disguise.—
Miriam Groom,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Judges can order financially distressed nursing homes into receivership and appoint a neutral third party to take over management and file regular reports to the courts.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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That’s the person who can integrate diverse expertise, promote equitable contributions, and cultivate trust.—
Jamil Zaki,
Harvard Business Review,
15 Aug. 2025
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School funding was made more equitable by calculating the needs of individual school districts and basing state revenue on those needs, the release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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There's another pathway of equal concern, Brown said.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The price cap was rolled out to equal parts skepticism and hopefulness that the policy would stave off Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpartisan. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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