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partisan

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




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Their partisan differences aside, Deukmejian viewed Sher as having “great personal integrity,” said Steve Merksamer, who was Deukmejian’s chief of staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The battles fought between surviving friends—in this case Wilde’s literary executor, Robert Ross, and Wilde’s onetime boyfriend, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas—are more partisan, the enmities more acrimonious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sir Billy had a unique unifying effect on a normally partisan and tribal rugby league community.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Youth movements arise regularly in politics, especially in times of partisan discontent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Is that a partisan there, that old man with the saw cutting trees?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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