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partisan

[pahr-tuh-zuhn, -suhn, pahr-tuh-zan] / ˈpɑr tə zən, -sən, ˌpɑr təˈzæn /




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Reaffirming the act’s antidiscrimination mission while clarifying that courts can’t mandate proportional outcomes needn’t be viewed as a partisan ask.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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

It does not stop neatly at the boundaries of partisan convenience.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

The crowd inside the 20,000-capacity arena was not quite full, but it was loud and partisan.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Valentina flew more than 1,850 of these missions, and evacuated around 2,500 orphaned children and wounded partisan fighters.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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