How to Use apolitical in a Sentence
apolitical
adjective- Although both of her parents are politicians, she's completely apolitical.
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Plus, Jimmy Fallon had been the only apolitical host in late night.
— Fox News, 9 July 2018 -
An addict’s regrets are seldom as strong as his cravings, and the film is a compassionate, apolitical glimpse into the chasm between the two.
— Jeffrey Fleishman, latimes.com, 6 July 2018 -
The mission work is apolitical and voluntary, Hutchings said.
— Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 4 July 2018 -
But surely some of that approval comes from being an apolitical public figure, less prone to taking stands on contentious issues than most recent first ladies.
— Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 18 June 2018 -
Trump, meanwhile, has focused on driving men to the polls, particularly younger and apolitical men who vote at lower rates than other groups.
— Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024 -
But Wilkie, a cerebral, modest policy wonk, is no apolitical public servant.
— Paul Sonne and Lisa Rein, miamiherald, 26 June 2018 -
But Wilkie, a cerebral, modest policy wonk, is no apolitical public servant . .
— James Hohmann, Washington Post, 27 June 2018 -
Members of the royal family are publicly apolitical, but feminism isn't a political view.
— Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 28 Oct. 2018 -
This is the second political statement that the traditionally apolitical Swift made this week.
— Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2018 -
The singer is famously apolitical, and many have criticized her for not endorsing a candidate in the 2016 election.
— Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2018 -
In his world, the Supreme Court is an agnostic, apolitical body — above and beyond the influence of partisanship or corrosive forces that have nothing to do with the law.
— Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 18 June 2018 -
The idea that judges could be apolitical doesn’t make sense.
— Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 -
That’s the kind of pap that the mostly apolitical people in the middle want to hear from Democrats.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2022 -
There were a few reasons the US pushed this idea of free and apolitical science.
— Rachel Becker, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2018 -
There is no such thing as an apolitical artist, Thomas Mann once said.
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023 -
How did the Cold War spawn this idea that science is apolitical?
— Rachel Becker, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2018 -
This is not to say that even the most anodyne jokes are apolitical.
— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021 -
Winning is apolitical Uno, however, is not meant to be played in a hands-across-the-aisle style.
— Scott Craven, azcentral, 21 Nov. 2019 -
And his current position is meant to be apolitical and to serve as a moral compass for the nation.
— The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2021 -
When talking about Candy’s apolitical view of most things, Carr reminds us of what was going on in the world around her.
— Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 -
The good guys and bad guys are both thoroughly apolitical.
— Luke Winkie, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023 -
The first lady briefly touted her husband’s budget plan but the tone of the event was largely apolitical.
— Kevin McGill, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023 -
In truth, there’s no such thing as apolitical rap music.
— Chris Richards, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020 -
In South Africa, when a new chief justice was appointed a few months ago, there were questions about whether the court was apolitical or even could be.
— Damien Cave, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2022 -
The show tends to be formalist and apolitical: melodies are melodies, chords are chords, patterns recur across the centuries.
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021 -
Until Michelle Williams took to the stage tonight at the 2019 Emmy Awards, the evening was shaping up to be relatively apolitical.
— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2019 -
According to Wirth, Chevron is apolitical and tries to work with both parties.
— Julie Coleman, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024 -
Desire isn’t a spontaneous, apolitical passion; it’s shaped by the world around us, and by what we’ve been taught to value.
— Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024 -
The church takes pains to keep its official positions apolitical, and last weekend, one of its senior leaders, Dallin H. Oaks, encouraged members to be civil ahead of the November election.
— Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
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