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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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The report also identified gaps in financial and budgeting knowledge among district leaders and school board members.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The district attorney “remains committed to seeking justice for Mr. Thompson and his family,” an office spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Rep. Shomari Figures’ district lost Mobile, his hometown, reducing its Black population from about 47 percent to roughly 40 percent.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

"No one ever thought we could go viral like this," Fava told AFP on Wednesday, as the pair returned to Testaccio square, in the namesake historic working-class district of the Italian capital, for another spin.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The four districts all join at an island in the center, the governing district.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Enrollment continues to shrink at a faster pace than in most California school districts — even though academic performance has been improving.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

TikTok, Snapchat and Google-owned YouTube have also been sued by thousands of families, school districts and prosecutors across the country in various local, state and federal lawsuits.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

LAUSD’s problems mirror those of other large urban school districts: unsustainable spending, particularly on administration and employee benefits, combined with shrinking enrollment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

But they note in some districts the percentage of foreign owners already exceeds the 15 percent limit, particularly in "territories endowed with water and mineral resources, or logistical advantages," such as ports.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

On signal, they performed military-style parade maneuvers, which they had practiced in their home districts as often as four times a week for more than a year.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

“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

Father got our road laid out and districted for a mile and a half on the north and south section line.

From The Bark Covered House by William Nowlin

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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