busing

noun

bus·​ing ˈbə-siŋ How to pronounce busing (audio)
variants or less commonly bussing
1
: the act of transporting by bus
2
: the transporting of children to a school outside their residential area as a means of achieving racial balance in that school

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Fairfield City School District School busing will end for thousands of students in Fairfield and Fairfield Township following the defeat of the 6.9-mill operating levy. Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024 With the busing, migrants are circled around inside Mexican territory in a merry-go-round strategy that forces them to repeatedly pay off immigration agents, kidnappers and smugglers. Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024 In other news: Education: Chief Equity Officer John Marshall and Jefferson County Public Schools board member Chris Kolb had a heated exchange after the board meeting on ending magnet school busing. Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2024 But Nixon was clearly offering an agenda — a way out of Vietnam, opposing busing, and cracking down on crime, with the hope of picking up the border South. Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for busing 

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of busing was in 1920

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“Busing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busing. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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busing

noun
bus·​ing
variants or bussing
: the act of transporting by bus
especially : the transporting of children to a school outside their neighborhood in order to establish a racial balance at that school

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