gerrymander

verb

Definition of gerrymandernext
as in to manipulate
to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority

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Recent Examples of gerrymander Shelton is running in a district that has been gerrymandered since the last election. — Jack Harvel july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026 To address this issue, ten states, including Arizona, Idaho, and Michigan, have created independent redistricting commissions to remove the personal and political pressures to gerrymander. — Reese Ritter, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Redistricting efforts across the country have reduced the number of competitive seats on the battlefield, and Republicans emerged with a narrow advantage in seats netted through gerrymandering. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026 Further, gerrymandering sidelines moderate Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for gerrymander
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymander
  1. manipulate
  2. arrange
  3. negotiate
  4. scheme
  5. engineer
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  • Artificial intelligence has enabled the rapid rise of such tools, capable of digitally manipulating photos with little effort.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In a country where current and former governors command massive grassroots support and are often accused of working with local electoral officials to manipulate election results, analysts say the defections could work in Tinubu’s favor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Palestinians and Lebanese displaced by the 1967 war were joining relatives or acquaintances in Dearborn, and residents arranged food and medical services for the new arrivals.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Solano also arranged for 30 Jackson patients to go to the 14-bed Dulce Hogar ALF on Northwest 26th Avenue between 2016 and the end of 2023.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Tensions escalated this week after the deadline for Washington and Tehran to negotiate a peace deal formally expired on Monday, despite relations having nosedived — and fighting restarted — weeks prior.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As labor groups negotiate with the California State University for better pay, the higher education system released a study that concluded total compensation for its staff and faculty was competitive with comparable employers and institutions.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • There are moments where Lucky uses her scheming ways to her advantage and fabricating identities as a means of survival.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • When companies scheme to cut competition, costs go up, choices go down, our economy suffers, and every day Americans end up paying more for less.
    — Rob Bonta, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of scheme
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  • Because manufacturers rarely want to engineer completely different doors for individual countries, China’s decision could reshape vehicles sold worldwide.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • To find out, the team induced brief artificial hibernation in mice engineered as an epilepsy model, just before seizures had developed in the animals.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
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