How to Use nonpartisan in a Sentence

nonpartisan

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  • It's a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving our national parks.
  • Licht was asked to turn around the tarnished network and return it to its nonpartisan roots.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • There are no term limits for the mayor or council members on the nonpartisan board at this time.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023
  • The seven justices on the Supreme Court are elected in statewide, nonpartisan elections.
    — Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Although the mayoral race is nonpartisan, most of the candidates are Democrats.
    — Juan Lozano, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Over the next decade, the cumulative budget deficits will be 7% smaller than the nonpartisan CBO forecast last year.
    — Fatima Hussein, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • His mother created the nonpartisan iCivics as a way to teach kids about self-government.
    — Tim Dillon, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Wilkes is now a fellow at the Institute for Government, a nonpartisan think tank.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The city’s filing period closed on Monday, and so far three candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the nonpartisan office.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The top two vote-getters in the all-Democrat but officially nonpartisan race moved to the Tuesday runoff because no candidate received over 50% of the vote.
    — Sara Burnett, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • After a change in 2018, the system now presents the nonpartisan option last, after showing registrants a list of parties.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • In the memo, Davis said despite the criticism, the company continues to maintain a nonpartisan approach to news.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The top two finishers will advance to the general election when the state holds its nonpartisan primary next year.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Moving the elections to the same ticket would increase partisanship in the city’s nonpartisan races, Henry said.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 10 May 2023
  • But Russian experts broadly say that Moscow is sticking to its nonpartisan stance, and beyond that does not want to get involved.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
  • To conservatives, the plan’s nonpartisan structure was a cover for allowing the left-leaning bar to pack the bench with centrist or left-wing justices.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Texas was the largest member state, and its exit could imperil the nonpartisan voter fraud protection group.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
  • Lukianoff’s nonpartisan group, known as FIRE, pledges to fight censorship from all directions.
    — Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Recent polling from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found that just 43% of people in the state liked the idea of the task force even existing.
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • At a time when much has been made of her influence on red and blue voters, the singer’s choice of a white Schiaparelli gown and black gloves seemed decidedly nonpartisan.
    — The Styles Desk, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • More did so this year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan policy group.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • That amounts to more than all the other candidates combined have raised, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The nonprofit, nonpartisan group held a news conference last month to show support for House Bill 2815 and another bill that would renew the state’s low-income tax credit.
    — The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • While crime is up by some measures, public perception of crime is even higher as the issue has grown politicized, according to research by the nonpartisan Gallup.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The governor appoints judges when there are vacancies, though judges appear on the ballot in nonpartisan elections.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In sum, the bylaws suggest that service on the board is regarded as something approaching nonpartisan.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
  • By then, California voters had taken redistricting out of the hands of politicians, and the likes of Michael Berman, and given it over to a nonpartisan citizens panel.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • Benjamin attributes her success in part to her nonpartisan approach.
    — Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 2 June 2023
  • The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that the law would raise the deficit by $1.4 trillion in its first decade, even factoring in its boost to economic growth.
    — Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • While school board races in the state, like most of the country, are nonpartisan, nearly all the candidates in this year’s race were endorsed by a local political party, a sign of the increasing politicization of school boards.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023

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