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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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
Kansas is one of the states with an appointment process, a system that has been in place for six decades and has been largely nonpartisan.
—John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Join 457 others in the comments View Comments The nonpartisan Tax Foundation said the average American household will pay $2,100 a year more for goods because of the significant universal and reciprocal tariffs Trump announced Wednesday.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
At least another 17 nationwide injunctions have stacked up against Trump during the first two months of his second term, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
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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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