How to Use unaffiliated in a Sentence

unaffiliated

adjective
  • Five other schools have teams that are unaffiliated with the group.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2017
  • He is listed as an unaffiliated voter in his home state of Ohio.
    — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • No one unaffiliated with either of the two parties has ever won statewide office there.
    — Robert Draper, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • What about those figures that Peter cites, those unaffiliated voters who are up for grabs right now?
    — NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The type of voter who would most likely be willing to switch sides in the wake of a scandal is one unaffiliated with either party.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Half of the state’s new voters in the past four years live in its four biggest counties, and most of them are registering as unaffiliated.
    — Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
  • But the impact of the new policies are unclear because most firearms sales come from thousands of unaffiliated gun shops or gun shows, not big retail chains.
    — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Colorado voters who are unaffiliated can pick which primary to cast their ballot in.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
  • In many cases, the researchers assumed the groups were distinct and unaffiliated.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 5 May 2018
  • During its half-centennial run, there was even a movie — about but unaffiliated to the series — about the making of its first episode.
    — Rance Collins, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The Democrats' hole only deepened among unaffiliated voters, the largest voting bloc in the state.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Both Democratic and unaffiliated voters can weigh in on the race.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • He is registered as an unaffiliated voter and does not appear to have a prior criminal record.
    — Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • He is registered as an unaffiliated voter and does not appear to have a prior criminal record.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Newsweek has reached out to several of the study's authors and unaffiliated doctors for comment via email on Wednesday.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • But as lawmakers consider where to draw the lines, there’s no way to know which type of leaner an unaffiliated Oregon voter might be.
    — oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In the middle, go for the fajitas, which one (unaffiliated) restaurateur says are the best in Dallas.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 15 July 2021
  • Robinson is registered as an unaffiliated voter and does not appear to have a prior criminal record.
    — Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In all cases, the margins widen when only unaffiliated voters are accounted for.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
  • An unaffiliated Red Hen in New Jersey is also caught up in the tumult.
    — Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
  • The court later ruled against that lawsuit, which was brought by Republican and unaffiliated voters.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • Black Americans born since 1980 are far more likely to be among the unaffiliated.
    — David Crary, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
  • It had been filed during the walkout by a group unaffiliated with the #RedForEd movement.
    — Ricardo Cano, azcentral, 24 June 2018
  • Several visiting unaffiliated curators, who would not go on the record for this story with quotes, begged for more cohesion.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
  • Those ads are playing for unaffiliated voters as well, which number over 2 million in New Jersey.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • According to the victim, who is unaffiliated with Emory, the stabbing did not occur on Emory’s campus.
    — Chelsea Prince, ajc, 25 June 2018
  • Democrats make up 45% and most of those who are unaffiliated — just about another quarter of the electorate — tend to lean Democratic.
    — Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
  • And this past week, one analysis found that Republicans were the third largest voting group in the state, behind Democrats and unaffiliated.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2018
  • Though, in most parts of the city, only Democrats and people registered unaffiliated can participate.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
  • As a contest not just of teams but of nations, the World Cup gives the unaffiliated plenty to mull over in forging their 90-minute allegiances.
    — Kanishk Tharoor, The Atlantic, 14 July 2018

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