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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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In the Cypress-Fairbanks independent school district, a typical licence plate lookup in April 2024 searched around 270 networks of cameras.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

In March, the district asked developers to apply for the chance to build housing at the two campuses.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The Kansas City district has denied breaking the law, and in a letter to the government last month, it offered a narrow interpretation of deception as a rare exception.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

My understanding is that the district attorney’s office hasn’t said anything publicly yet about how they intend to pursue.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

The car veers into another light tunnel, and it takes us above the governing district.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Floods tore through mountain districts, destroying roads, bridges and multiple hydropower dams that day.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Floods tore through mountain districts, and destroyed roads, bridges and and hydropower dams.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

In Nepal, nearly 3,500 people have been left homeless and displaced in 27 sites - mostly schools, which disrupts education - across the districts of Nuwakot and Rasuwa.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Meta is still facing thousands of cases from school districts and individuals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

After setding on the best school districts, he said, “we looked within price points.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

“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

“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

Nor does our conclusion condemn complaints about districting to echo into a void.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2022

In 1842, he went to the State Senate, opposed the Central Bank, and took an active part in the questions of internal improvements and districting the State, which then divided parties.

From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett




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