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[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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In the capital's central third district on Monday morning, dozens of teenage students chanted in protest, as cars honked their horns in support while driving past, while others made their way into class.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the Lukyanivka district, Maria Yaniuk prepares her market stall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

We notified the local school district of our new microschool venture and sent a college transcript.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Nigel Dawson, the Orange Order's Portadown district master, said it "remains as it has been".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We all knew there was no chance of reaching six million links. And even if we could, the school district would never approve that much money just for paper!”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

His wife, a stay-at-home mom and homemaker, earned around $13,000 a year working in local school districts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

In 2006, the Cook Political Report classified more than 100 congressional districts as competitive.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Under Assembly Bill 645, 125 cameras will be placed in 15 council districts in high-injury areas, school zones and street racing hot-spots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hinojosa has also promised to stop state takeovers of local school districts and has criticized the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

In some districts the victors ride through the city while the residents cheer.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

“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

A general committee was formed, the city districted into sections, with a commissioner for each district, selected by the people themselves living there.

From A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work by Clara Barton

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

This done, each State passes a law, districting the State according to the number of members assigned it, and each district elects its own representative for Congress.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray




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