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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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On Saturday, a 64-year-old Nepali woman was pulled from her buried house on Saturday, more than 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud partially buried her house in the Nuwakot district.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

A Shinjuku official supervising holiday rentals told AFP that the district was "planning to revise the current ordinance... to ban private lodging" in residential zones and areas near schools.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Time for recess is dependent on state laws, district policies, and school discretion.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

The district attorney declined to elaborate on the evidence that led to Renteria’s release, citing an ongoing investigation that could result in a prosecution of the real gunman.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

"I never found any. They'd only been married a year and had a small apartment in the Mansour district."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

The authority will be replaced by the new West Surrey Council in April 2027 following the dissolution of Surrey County Council and its 11 boroughs and districts as part of local government reorganisation.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The deputy federal public defenders said a defense analysis identified invalid service as acting or de facto U.S. attorneys in at least 16 districts across the country.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

In Nepal, nearly 3,500 people have been left homeless and displaced in 27 sites - mostly schools, which disrupts education - across the districts of Nuwakot and Rasuwa.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Carney's Liberal Party secured three seats, taking the district of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord in French-speaking Quebec from the opposition Conservatives, and two other districts in Ontario and British Columbia that were previously held by the Liberals.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Sam and Joe had become the schools roaming tech support, a rapidly spreading phenomenon among geeks as hard-pressed and technophobic school districts turned to their onetime social outcasts to help run their computer systems.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

“Plaintiffs’ novel proposal is that we dismantle Georgia’s statewide PSC system and replace it with an entirely new districted system,” the court wrote.

From Seattle Times Nov. 24, 2023

As school districted switched to distance learning in March, the nonprofit Partnership for Connecticut spent $24 million to provide 60,000 laptops to high school students.

From Washington Times Dec. 2, 2020

Is choosing a more diverse school worth requesting the transfer, or should we stick with our districted school?

From Slate Jan. 19, 2020

Less important but still a concern: Only one of our daughter’s friends from day care will attend the school that we are districted for.

From Slate Jan. 19, 2020

After having finished this, he caused the Territory to be districted, and ordered the election of a delegate to Congress.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by John William Burgess

The justices further acknowledged the emergence of robust two-party competition and the increasing sophistication of computer-generated districting maps.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

“A districting plan must comply with the broader constitutional standard of upholding the right to vote on equal terms and to substantially equal voting power,” Associate Justice Robin Hudson wrote in the prevailing opinion.

From Washington Times Dec. 16, 2022

“I see the argument on the other side — a state interest in independent districting commissions. But as I read this, it is about districting in Los Angeles,” Chemerinsky said via email.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2022

The districting committee will host four virtual town hall meetings to collect public input on the proposed maps before voting on a final draft.

From Seattle Times Oct. 8, 2021

"Better say a Gerrymander," returned the editor, alluding to Elbridge Gerry, the Republican governor who had signed the districting act.

From A School History of the United States by John Bach McMaster




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