busing

noun

bus·​ing ˈbə-siŋ 

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

Examples of busing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

City officials in Del Rio continued the busing, but, by the start of 2024, arrivals started to decrease. —Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

The intrigue: The district also plans on providing free busing to its preschools to eliminate transportation barriers. —Linh Ta, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025

When Nick Mason was covering busing and desegregation in schools in Buffalo, New York, in the 1970s one thing stood out to him: education was the key to solving inequality. —Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

The scholarship is a tribute to Nick Mason, a former park board member and reporter who covered busing and desegregation in public schools in Buffalo, NY in the 1970’s and had a passion for getting children involved in their community. —Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 29 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for busing

• bussing
• cussing
• fussing
• discussing

Legal Definition

busing

noun

bus·​ing

variants or bussing

ˈbə-siŋ 

: 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