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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
Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America, has been pushing for states to hold nonpartisan primaries.
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Eric McDaniel, NPR, 30 May 2026
Women are targeted more frequently and with different types of abuse than men, according to a 2024 research report conducted by the Brennan Center, a nonpartisan policy organization housed at New York University’s School of Law.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
On Wednesday, the officially nonpartisan nonprofit organizing group Freedom 250 also announced an artist lineup for the celebrations.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 29 May 2026
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide.
—Jenna Schweikert, CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Eric McDaniel, NPR, 30 May 2026
Women are targeted more frequently and with different types of abuse than men, according to a 2024 research report conducted by the Brennan Center, a nonpartisan policy organization housed at New York University’s School of Law.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
On Wednesday, the officially nonpartisan nonprofit organizing group Freedom 250 also announced an artist lineup for the celebrations.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 29 May 2026
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide.
—Jenna Schweikert, CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpartisan
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If Harris got her way, the perception would be that these are administration officials, not impartial judges.—
Washington Post Editorial Board,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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The government insists that Turkey’s courts are impartial and act independently of political pressure.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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Like the power looms, automated threshers, and robotic assembly lines before them, platform technologies are not neutral.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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These are the ocular dominance columns, described in the Nobel Prize-winning research of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel in the 1960s, whose recordings from cats’ (Felis catus) and macaques’ (genus Macaca) revealed that the visual cortex is not a neutral integrator of the two eyes’ signals.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Undoubtedly, these reconsiderations have been a largely positive exercise, foregrounding not only more equitable but more accurate and more engaging histories, and opening gallery and museum doors to previously excluded artists (even if many have suffered with the ups and downs of speculation).—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Foster Psychological Safety First Leaders build trust by creating fearless cultures, where psychological safety, equitable opportunity and open dialogue are non-negotiable.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Starting a tad later in 2008, SpaceX has managed to shoot 14,844 payloads into space – almost equal to the total of the rest of the world combined.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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The dust cleared as both Grandes Americanos were on equal footing.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Nonpartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpartisan. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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