How to Use nonpartisan in a Sentence

nonpartisan

adjective
  • It's a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving our national parks.
  • Keep the guest list small and nonpartisan.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The school board races were nonpartisan.
    — Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
  • Virginia is poised to start a race to the bottom in what was once a nonpartisan process.
    — Armand Alacbay, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This is city council, this is nonpartisan.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Licht was asked to turn around the tarnished network and return it to its nonpartisan roots.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • DeKalb’s school board races are nonpartisan.
    — Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
  • That's right—a clean, nonpartisan funding bill.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • School board races are nonpartisan, and being a school board member is unpaid.
    — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • That's right—a clean, nonpartisan funding bill.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Judicial races are nonpartisan, and terms run six years.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
  • 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
  • Ahead of the election, nonpartisan analysts called the race a toss-up.
    — WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Its most frequent use comes in local, nonpartisan races for offices such as school board or city council.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Five candidates are running for three seats on the state’s high court in a nonpartisan election.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
  • Norris was appointed to the nonpartisan school board last year.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The four candidates are running for two council seats in a nonpartisan race.
    — Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The rest of the voters asked for ballots that only include nonpartisan races.
    — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • Going back to this idea of mainstream media shifting more to the right in an attempt to be seen as more nonpartisan.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The mayoral election, which is nonpartisan, will take place on June 2.
    — Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Even in an election year, the sun is nonpartisan and will treat every solar panel on the rooftop of your business the same way.
    — Jayson Waller, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • As the leader of a nonpartisan group, Hurly didn’t want to talk about the recent drama on campus.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • If there are no nonpartisan contests on the ballot, it will be rejected in total.
    — Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • 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
  • The state of nature — which is inexorable and nonpartisan—now presents a common path forward.
    — Steven Phillips, STAT, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The action is the result of a campaign by a nonpartisan, nonprofit group.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Those races would remain nonpartisan.
    — Mark Dee april 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Those races would remain nonpartisan.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Other city and town elections are nonpartisan and take place in November.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Spring elections are for nonpartisan offices, and fall elections are for partisan ones.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025

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