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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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Arizona’s 6th congressional district has been one of the most hotly contested races for several election cycles.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The 900-square-mile district includes the city of Los Angeles and nearby cities, including Culver City, Montebello and Burbank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

"I wanted to be a part of this, and I wanted to be part of a movement," she told the BBC outside a polling station in the capital's Zvezdara district.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

It’s named for the Tokyo district known for its jazz kissa, cafés dating back to post-war Japan where visitors listen to vinyl on premium sound equipment.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

A list of school district closures scrolls across the bottom of the screen.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

The parent furor has led some districts, including New York City and Los Angeles, to impose moratoriums on student use of AI in the classroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

This school system has consistently scored higher than the state average and showed less pandemic learning loss than many other districts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Protests began outside state schools in the capital, Baku, and in several southern districts including Masally and Jalilabad.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Across the country, Fed districts reported that the labor market is at a standstill, with most describing “little or no net change” in overall employment levels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Levitt-built houses sprawl over three Pennsylvania townships—Bristol, Middletown, and Falls, as well as a tiny jurisdiction called Tullytown Borough—and the children who live in them go to one of three different public school districts.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

“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

They have been divided into judicial districts for the holding of district and circuit courts of the United States, as States of the Union only can be districted.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

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

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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