federal district

noun

: a district set apart as the seat of the central government of a federation

Examples of federal district in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While a complaint over the mass dismissal was pending with the NLRB, Kathleen McKinney, the NLRB director for the region that includes Memphis, sought an injunction in a federal district court to force Starbucks to give the Memphis 7 their jobs back while the case proceeded. Michael Z. Green, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024 Mizuhara will appear in federal district court sometime in the next few days, officials said during the news conference. Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024 Brought in federal district court in Texas, the groups, led by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, challenged the FDA's initial 2000 approval and its more recent changes in 2016 and 2021. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024 Now, Snodgrass’s lawyer, Michelle Kerin, wants the case moved to federal district court. Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 The ruling overturns a lower court order from a federal district court in Texas, where a judge found the requirements violate the First Amendment. Kevin McGill, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2024 The civil lawsuit, filed in a New York federal district court, came hours after Homeland Security Investigations agents raided two of Combs' homes. Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024 In issuing the original injunction against the law — which the appeals court restored on Tuesday — a federal district judge in Austin said last month that the invasion argument failed on several counts, and dismissed the idea that Texas was somehow at war. J. David Goodman, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024 Texas has also been generally successful over the past three years convincing federal district court judges in the state to block Mr. Biden's signature immigration policies. Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of federal district was circa 1934

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“Federal district.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20district. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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