contiguous

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They can require compact and contiguous districts under state law, reduce unnecessary splitting of counties and neighborhoods, strengthen protections for local communities, and establish independent or bipartisan redistricting commissions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

But even taken all together, do they constitute an existential threat to the contiguous United States or our interests abroad?

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

To address this gap, the researchers developed a framework to examine temperature changes across the contiguous 48 United States, allowing for a more precise comparison of how warming unfolds in different locations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

SpaceX’s Nicholls said that his company plans to launch its direct-to-cell capable satellites in mid-2027 and can put up a constellation capable of “global and contiguous coverage” within six months.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The series of contiguous physical events has rendered the child’s body so different from the one I glance down on at this moment; the very atoms that composed her body no longer compose mine.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker