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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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Thanks to this scheming, Yarbrough’s chances—to represent a district that includes parts of one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.—are looking good.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

The injured passenger was a tourist from New Zealand, an official of Solukhumbu district, Bhupendra Thapa, told BBC Nepal.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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

“You’re getting on the bus, Chase. We are not spending the night at the school. We don’t have authorization from the district, or your parents. Getting permission would take several hours.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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

"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

“Prop. 50 did help me out of the battleground districts in California,” Tran said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The jabberjays were muttations, genetically enhanced male birds created by the Capitol as weapons to spy on rebels in the districts.

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

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

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 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

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

The districting committee will host four virtual town hall meetings to collect public input on the proposed maps before voting on a final draft.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

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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