partisan
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When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
It is remarkable to think that the original Greenspan Commission was a successful operation featuring 15 distinguished Americans spanning the partisan aisle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
Just because a voter cast a ballot for a Democrat or Republican in the primary doesn’t mean they will back another candidate of the same party or partisan alignment in the general, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
To conclude that partisan divisions negate racial divisions would be to assume that even the Civil War had nothing to do with race.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
Black newspapers—unabashedly partisan on issues pertaining to the Negro—refused to censor themselves, despite the federal government’s threat to level sedition charges against them.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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