Thesaurus results for DISTRICTS

districts

noun

plural of district

as in neighborhoods

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 districts Plus, one of the Legislature’s last acts last week was to send Newsom a bloated supplemental budget bill containing more than $3 billion in spending, including countless stacks of pork sought by lawmakers for their districts. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Here’s the Week 3 schedule for Fort Worth-area high school football teams and schools in area districts. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2026 The districts' policies are part of a messy patchwork of new laws and guidelines that have spread across the United States, leaving inconsistent rules state-by-state, or even district-by-district. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 Missouri held its August congressional primaries using the new districts, but voters will cast their general election ballots under the old lines. — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026 During recent reviews of Education Stabilization Fund spending, many districts across the country were found to lack appropriate inventorying of purchases, which is in direct violation of federal procurement requirements. — Kathryn Blackman, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 The debris created by the various landslides have also blocked nine hydropower tunnels in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, trapping 933 workers from Nepal, South Korea and China. — Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 At least 933 workers are missing at various hydropower projects that run along the Trishuli river, which winds through multiple districts in the remote and mountainous area, according to the country’s disaster agency. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The site sits in South Memphis, where the surrounding neighborhoods are predominantly Black and ringed by industry that long predates xAI.

— Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
Research from the conservative think tank Institute for Family Studies found that more than 60% of 17-year-olds cannot go beyond their own neighborhoods unsupervised.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of neighborhoods

Noun

Meanwhile, teams lose massive chunks of their time in the administrative dead zones between protocol amendments, site activations, electronic data reconciliation and regulatory filings.

— Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Featuring various zones of native vegetation alongside bougainvillea and jacarandas, the park is dotted with generous public seating and has an amphitheater for outdoor events or general lounging.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of zones

Noun

One city considered spending three quarters of a billion dollars on a new city hall better suited to downtown Dubai than downtown Fort Lauderdale.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
The Ducks fell behind 20-14 after two quarters but pulled out a 37-34 win with a field goal as time expired.

— Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of quarters

Noun

The amendment was turned down because many of the early voting sites were unavailable or gave the southern precincts more locations than the northern precincts had.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
Additionally, four new precincts have been created, though voters in each new precinct will continue to vote at the same polling location tied to their old precinct, Dickens said.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026