1
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
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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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 31 Mar. 2026.
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