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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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It's this area that was folded into Figures' district after the Supreme Court's ruling.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

While many assumed the new district and its largely white, conservative voting bloc was a shoe-in for a Republican like Marques, recent polls suggest Figures might have a chance.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Debra Duardo essentially rebuked district budget decisions and a “fiscal stability plan” the school board approved June 16 and sent to the county for review.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

There is no better illustration of Shanghai’s paradoxical place in modern Chinese history than a museum in the city’s Xintiandi district.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The district supervisor said that was wonderful and nobody argued with her—too tired, I guess, from jumping up and down yelling for help.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

Step outside the museum, however, and everything is Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Lululemon; the museum sits in the middle of one of Shanghai’s most expensive shopping districts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In several districts across the country, organizations reported they were relying less on the federal government amid changes to rules and funding levels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Grottland clarified the NTS was not an academy nor a centralised school, such as the famed Clairefontaine in France, but "a national development structure connecting grassroots clubs, districts, top clubs and the federation".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

However, these scores did surpass pre-pandemic levels last year — which is more than most California school districts can claim.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“Even within states, different public school districts have different rules about how many days you can miss.”

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

“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

I commenced my part of the labors at once, employing three persons to assist me, and we districted Culpepper, so that no one should interfere with the grounds of the other.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred

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

In 1986, the court articulated a test for determining when election districting is racially discriminatory.

From Seattle Times Jun. 12, 2023

“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

Of course it was difficult to determine routes of travel there, and to a large extent that had to be left to the supervisors, but they merely revised our original districting.

From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis




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