bipartisan

adjective

Definition of bipartisannext
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 bipartisan Epstein Wall Street Records Act will ensure overdue accountability for the wealthy and well-connected on Wall Street who put profits over people. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 This hearing felt like the culmination of months and months of growing criticism and bipartisan backlash against Flock — all of which is taking a shape similar to the pushback against AI data centers. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 The brazen, unmasked calls to erase Israel triggered fierce bipartisan backlash from lawmakers condemning the rising wave of open extremism. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Then-House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, championed the measure, which garnered large bipartisan support in the final votes – 30-5 in the Senate and 109-4 in the House. — Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bipartisan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bipartisan
  1. neutral
  2. independent
  3. nonpartisan
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  • In every case the technology was neutral and the outcome came from the human.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Or a neutral year, meaning neither El Niño nor La Niña is present.
    — Tammie Souza, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of neutral
Adjective
  • At the end of September, leaders of several of the biggest AI companies went to the White House and signed an accord committing to internal risk controls, independent audits and board-level oversight of safety.
    — Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • However, the ministry’s statement does not provide independent verification of the results or disclose additional technical details about the missiles’ performance.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of independent
Adjective
  • Currently, those judges in some parts of the state have a party affiliation, though most counties have made their probate court elections nonpartisan through local laws.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Casias unsuccessfully ran as a Republican in a 2015 special election for a Texas House seat and for a nonpartisan seat on the Alamo Colleges board in 2020.
    — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
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