How to Use nonpolitical in a Sentence

nonpolitical

adjective
  • But there’s also some nonpolitical themes explored, and some pure fun to be had.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • They are asked to be nonpolitical when politics is their blood sport.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
  • One of the pillars of the protest movement that began in 2011 is a group called Russia Behind Bars, which has helped scores of nonpolitical prisoners.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2021
  • When the problem is about nonpolitical issues, like figuring out the whether a drug is effective, people tend to use their math skills to solve it.
    Brian Resnick, Vox, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Despite the claims of Carlson and others, these leagues have never been nonpolitical.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Many local schools are trying to keep their events nonpolitical and open to students with different views on how to address school safety.
    Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 14 Mar. 2018
  • And still more people will worry, on nonpolitical grounds, about a rushed vaccine's safety.
    TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2020
  • There is no shortage of nonpolitical con artists and hucksters online.
    Ilya Somin, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
  • This is not the first nonpolitical thing that has become politicized and polarized in American life.
    Alvin Melathe, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious and open to all cultures, races and creeds.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 17 July 2017
  • What was once the home of a nonpolitical message poking gentle fun at a local landmark has become a place where our fractured politics are on view.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Magna also cut its expectations on nonpolitical ad spending for the second half of this year.
    Megan Graham, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
  • There are good, nonpolitical reasons to watch Golden Girls.
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2021
  • In fact, many of the ads may simply feature men doing nonpolitical things, while others will showcase the philanthropic efforts of brands like Budweiser and Hyundai.
    Claire Atkinson, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2018
  • In fact, our monarch is one of the most expensive nonpolitical heads of state in Europe, at least 12 times more expensive than Ireland’s elected equivalent.
    Graham Smith, Time, 18 May 2018
  • Social nonpolitical event for Ramona women to get to know each other and enjoy common ground.
    Ramona Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2017
  • If the Supreme Court is ever to be seen as nonpolitical, both the president and the Senate will need to start picking nominees based on their ability to practice self-government.
    The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2018
  • These vaccines have moved through three phases of study and been reviewed by two nonpolitical panels of trustworthy leaders.
    Jill Foster, Star Tribune, 13 Jan. 2021
  • The company has said the same services were offered to Hillary Clinton‘s campaign as well as other nonpolitical clients that are big advertisers on its platform.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In a flash, the club’s nonpolitical events business was decimated.
    Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Gates said the public should take comfort that the nonpolitical staff at the Food and Drug Administration are holding the line to ensure the rapidly developing drugs are effective and safe.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 31 July 2020
  • Luther challenged the prevailing notion that nonreligious or nonpolitical work was drudgery and a punishment from the gods – a view that came from Greco-Roman times.
    Garrett Potts, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Now, the absence of David Koch, 78, who was the more public and political of the brothers, will inevitably raise questions about whether the Kochs’ mission will shift further toward nonpolitical endeavors.
    Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 5 June 2018
  • In a speech this week, Paiva called on Brazilians to respect the result of the October election and affirmed that the army is a nonpolitical and nonpartisan institution.
    Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2023
  • It was meant to allow for a nonpolitical assessment of a president’s conduct.
    Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The ad was taken down, one of many nonpolitical ads that have been hit by Facebook’s new guidelines for political advertisers.
    Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 3 July 2018
  • Olympic officials and business leaders protest that the Games are nonpolitical, but that is disingenuous.
    Nicholas Kristof, Star Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • And so two nonpolitical events that, nevertheless, came framed in the mythmaking of politics.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • While much of RT’s traffic stems from nonpolitical videos, the channel’s political and foreign affairs content ranks highly in many YouTube searches.
    Daisuke Wakabayashi and Nicholas Confessore, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2017

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