nonpartisan
adjective
non·par·ti·san
ˌnän-ˈpär-tə-zən 
-sən
: not partisan
especially
: free from party affiliation, bias, or designation
nonpartisan ballot
a nonpartisan board
Examples of nonpartisan in a Sentence
It's a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving our national parks.
made a nonpartisan decision that satisfied all concerned
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
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—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
According to a statement released Thursday by the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in New York, the Iranian government has hanged at least 22 political prisoners, including three minors, within the past six weeks.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 2 May 2026
The legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis and the Lamont’s Office of Policy and Management reported that a controversial savings program, which has pulled billions away from other state programs since 2017, won’t slow down dramatically as projected earlier.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
The move is expected to strip coverage from around 25,000 residents who qualified for the program under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, according to the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan research group.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 1 May 2026
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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonpartisan. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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nonpartisan
adjective
non·par·ti·san
(ˈ)nän-ˈpärt-ə-zən
-sən
: not partisan
especially
: free from party ties, bias, or designation
a nonpartisan ballot
a nonpartisan committee
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