How to Use depoliticize in a Sentence

depoliticize

verb
  • She says we need to depoliticize the process by which judges are chosen.
  • The humanitarian aid groups want to see foreign aid depoliticized.
  • The move was made in an attempt to depoliticize the BZA.
    Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • What are some of the efforts you guys are thinking about that might sort of depoliticize this?
    NBC News, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Biden will work to depoliticize the nature of the vaccination, a goal that the Trump campaign had not worked toward.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Ranney has spent the last decade trying to depoliticize gun violence.
    Deborah Kim, ABC News, 4 June 2021
  • In the wake of the scandal, the governors announced wide-ranging reforms meant to depoliticize decision-making at the agency.
    Paul Berger, WSJ, 31 July 2017
  • Some experts say the only way to achieve real reform is to depoliticize the health-care issue altogether.
    Jenny Gross, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2018
  • But at this point, any attempt by Facebook to depoliticize its platform is futile at best and potentially even harmful to users and its own bottom line.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The host began by laying out the by-now-predictable playbook of Republicans and pro-gun advocates seeking to depoliticize the shooting.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022
  • In trying to depoliticize his treatment of Clinton, however, Comey seems to have created a new headache for the law-enforcement agency.
    Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 9 May 2017
  • Biden’s task is to educate, persuade, and depoliticize at a moment when the nation’s crises are escalating rapidly.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Diplomats supporting the resolution said holding the vote in advance of the report was meant to depoliticize the issue and renew the council’s mandate as a technical rollover move.
    Farnaz Fassihi, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Randall and Welser insist that their goal is to help depoliticize science, by pushing for more objective, reliable research.
    Michael Schulson, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The unequivocal message from Walensky does validate one promise Biden made on assuming the Oval Office: to depoliticize the fight against the pandemic.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Over the course of the 19th century, these cities are really trying to take more control over the public’s welfare, consolidating their power over questions of health and trying to depoliticize the issue.
    Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2022
  • While Josh has sought to depoliticize his businesses, his older brother remains an influence.
    vanityfair.com, 7 June 2017
  • The wisest choice, where public schools are concerned, is to simply depoliticize public education.
    Michael Farris, National Review, 9 June 2021
  • The White House has made strenuous efforts to depoliticize the pandemic, reasoning that the virus doesn't distinguish between Democrats and Republicans.
    Stephen Collinson, Caitlin Hu and Shelby Rose, CNN, 18 July 2021
  • The standing policy would help depoliticize the examination, the report said.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • That has its roots in the historical Progressive era, when there was an attempt to depoliticize education and leave it more in the hands of professional educators, McGuinn says.
    Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2017
  • This is a highly political task that some states have tried to depoliticize by placing with nonpartisan commissions.
    Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
  • First, Kerry did not meet with Wang last time -- marking the introduction of foreign policy discussion into climate talks, which experts have urged both sides to depoliticize.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 6 Sep. 2021
  • An Energy Department official last week urged Congress to depoliticize Prepa by taking board appointments out of the governor’s hands.
    Andrew Scurria, WSJ, 30 July 2018
  • Traditionally, presidents have tried to depoliticize the pardon and clemency process by insisting that most requests go through a special office in the Justice Department.
    Byron Tau, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
  • And yet, Mr. Erdogan is likely to once again move aggressively to permanently depoliticize the military.
    Tim Arango and Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 28 July 2016
  • During his confirmation hearings last month, Garland also pledged to depoliticize the Justice Department.
    Grace Segers, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • After her swearing-in ceremony, Alsobrooks also vowed to depoliticize education, though school board debates have remained contentious and her critics claim that her appointees bear some blame.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Industry can depoliticize it and make water conservation a real issue.
    Discover, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2012
  • But to many current and former intelligence officers, the administration’s effort to depoliticize the office amounts to exactly the opposite.
    New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020

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