Thesaurus results for DISTRICT

district

noun

ˈdi-(ˌ)strikt

as in neighborhood

an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature Independence Hall in Philadelphia's historic district

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Recent Examples of district The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, is vaulting into the midterms with a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts after a series of setbacks in recent years. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 The school district has the master plan shared online with a full list of closures and plans for each district building. —

Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 There are great new cocktail bars in this district, such as Ficus, Jack's Library, Persimmons, and Masaru. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026 The staffer, 21 at the time, started working at Swalwell’s district office in Castro Valley in 2019. —

David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for district

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While en route, officers learned that a man had been shot and was lying in front of a home in the 9700 block of Holmes in the Linden Hills and Indian Heights neighborhood in south Kansas City.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Elkins shot a woman in a neighborhood south of downtown and a few blocks away at a home where the children were found, police said.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026