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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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"All the settlements near the river were swept away," Buddhi Ram Dangol told AFP in Nepal's Nuwakot district.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

Padilla’s district includes Imperial Valley, where a developer’s plans for a data center on 75 acres is sparking fierce backlash.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Early data suggested a small boost in test scores and a drop in disciplinary actions were linked to phone bans in a large Florida school district.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

US district judge Rita Lin said in the ruling that citing national security "is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Then the district supervisor got mad at Mrs. Wendleken.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

As of this summer, more than two-thirds of U.S. states have enacted legislation or policies requiring school districts to restrict phone use in schools.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Bishal Kumar Bhandari, chairman of the Nepal Red Cross Society, said they have shifted their focus from rescue to large-scale relief operations in the flood-hit districts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Survivors from Nepal's flood-ravaged districts, some on stretchers, others gently supported by the shoulders, were airlifted to safety on Thursday as the constant roar of helicopters echoed across the devastated town of Bidur.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

The company is also staring down lawsuits from people and school districts that predated the settlement and are set to go to trial soon, the Times reports.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

“And as the Mockingjay, your primary goal of unifying the districts against the Capitol has been achieved. Don’t worry—if it goes well, we’ll fly you in for the surrender.”

From "Mockingjay" 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

This number remained until 1868, when, by the annexation of additional territory, a re-division was necessitated, and the city districted into fifteen wards.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Maurice Joblin

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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