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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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Winston’s priorities for the district include ensuring colleges are a pathway to opportunity and good jobs, that students can afford basic needs and that people historically shut out of higher education are let in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

After De La Cruz gibed that the race “isn’t about who you want performing at your niece’s quinceañera,” the Democrat said he was open to playing anyone’s quinceañera in the district.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

"The only way to preserve the district court's ability to grant relief to the United States after a full merits proceeding, therefore, is to segregate the challenged ballots now," Sauer said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Now, the federal government is launching the second phase of Opportunity Zones at the start of next year and this Miami arts and shopping district again qualifies for selection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

“One final thing. Mr. Shelton here has requested that we call Dr. Lopez, the district superintendent, to advise her of our findings. With any luck, Jake will be going back to school tomorrow.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

It's neither an academy nor a centralised school, but a national development structure connecting grassroots clubs, districts, top clubs and the federation.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The state schools superintendent manages the California Department of Education, which guides local school districts and also provides partial oversight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

"He can probably help with turnout in some places, like Atlanta or Philly. But in swing districts, I don't think one speech changes anybody's mind," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

This is particularly silly when you consider the small size of the state—with under 1.5 million residents, it’s split into just two congressional districts.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

Current protocol is that all water from municipal water districts will go to hospitals and government facilities first.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

“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

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

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

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 George Alfred Townsend

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 Francis Rolt-Wheeler


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