I. adjective
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highly
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The commended approach to teaching strategies was highly partisan in respect of the particular kinds of practice which were endorsed.
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Rules is loud, powerful and highly partisan .
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More often than not, state budgets and other compromises were forged in the Senate, rather than the highly partisan Assembly.
■ NOUN
politics
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Jennifer hates partisan politics and would not care if the two-party system ended.
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Naturally, partisan politics plays a role here.
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But by this time the entire issue had acquired too strong a tint of partisan politics , and no action was taken.
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We take partisan politics seriously in my neck of the woods.
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Can teachers be prohibited from taking an active part in partisan politics ?
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Gore was speaking before a partisan crowd of about 500 Democrats.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although the King's intentions were not partisan , the consequences were such as to offer very considerable benefit to the Conservative party.
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He has accused Starr, the independent Whitewater counsel, of conducting a partisan witch hunt.
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The commended approach to teaching strategies was highly partisan in respect of the particular kinds of practice which were endorsed.
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The probe has lasted for nearly two years and in its final days has split the House into warring partisan camps.
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To some extent, the resistance to Lee reflects the heightened partisan tension in Washington this fall.
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Walsh was accused of everything from being a partisan zealot to an incompetent spendthrift.
II. noun
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David Souter, George's boy, was not George W's partisan .
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Shall I strike at it with my partisan ?
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The partisan feels that he can trust the stranger, although that trust is tested in future weeks.
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Without permission, I opened the door and saw him sitting on a chair, guarded by a partisan .