as in neutral
relating to or involving members of two political parties
a bipartisan effort The bill has bipartisan support.
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Recent Examples of bipartisan
The high-level shake-ups also arrived after the administration has faced bipartisan heat following national security adviser Mike Waltz and other Trump brass holding a conversation that included a journalist in a chat group on the encrypted app Signal regarding military plans.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In a major climbdown, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was haggling over terms of a solution to a dispute with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Florida) over her bipartisan proposal to allow lawmakers who recently became parents to vote remotely by proxy.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Citing national security concerns, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill signed by President Joe Biden that requires TikTok to have a non-Chinese owner to continue operating in the U.S..
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to grant Congress more power over instituting tariffs on other countries following President Trump’s announcement of wide-ranging taxes on nearly all U.S. foreign trading partners.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In a major climbdown, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was haggling over terms of a solution to a dispute with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Florida) over her bipartisan proposal to allow lawmakers who recently became parents to vote remotely by proxy.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Citing national security concerns, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill signed by President Joe Biden that requires TikTok to have a non-Chinese owner to continue operating in the U.S..
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to grant Congress more power over instituting tariffs on other countries following President Trump’s announcement of wide-ranging taxes on nearly all U.S. foreign trading partners.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bipartisan
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Test for Clarity and Differentiation – Ask a neutral third party to summarize your core message.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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With this versatility in mind, color choices range from neutral black to navy, beige, or off-white.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Mar. 2025
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The government insists the judiciary is independent, but critics say the evidence in Imamoglu's case is based on secret witnesses and lacks credibility.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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Donald Trump can – for now – remove Democratic members from two federal labor boards, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, handing the Republican president a victory in his efforts to bring independent federal agencies under his control.—
Daniel Wiessner,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Most government jobs are nonpartisan Pyatt points out that all the government jobs she's held are nonpartisan.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2025
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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
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“Bipartisan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bipartisan. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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