as in to manipulate
to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage
gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority
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Recent Examples of gerrymander
At the Capitol, protesters carried placards supporting Fair Districts Amendments, which voters approved in 2010, and denouncing the governor’s scheme as a bad faith gerrymandering scheme that only benefitted his and other Republican leaders’ ambitions.
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Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Voters in 2010 adopted that gerrymandering prohibition as part of the Fair Districts Amendment.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
They’ve been gerrymandered out of existence.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
That impulsiveness was on display last year when the president pushed the Texas state legislature to gerrymander its electoral maps before the midterms in the hope of maintaining Republican control of Congress.
—Jason Willick, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
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Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Voters in 2010 adopted that gerrymandering prohibition as part of the Fair Districts Amendment.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
They’ve been gerrymandered out of existence.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
That impulsiveness was on display last year when the president pushed the Texas state legislature to gerrymander its electoral maps before the midterms in the hope of maintaining Republican control of Congress.
—Jason Willick, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymander
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Meanwhile, college and professional athletes have also been caught trying to manipulate prediction markets as online sports betting has exploded.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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For decades, people have used tools such as Photoshop to manipulate digital imagery.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Despite the setbacks, Rivera and Nuhfer continued to communicate with Sessions and arranged for the congressman to travel to Caracas to meet with Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, at a military compound near the presidential palace on April 2, 2018.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ride-share services are readily available, golf carts can be arranged in select areas and most stations are located in or just steps from vibrant downtown districts.—
Karon Warren,
AJC.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Despite attempts to negotiate the Strait of Hormuz’s reopening during an ongoing ceasefire, the narrow waterway remains shut to virtually all ship traffic.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Olthof Homes successfully challenged a $100,000 penalty levied by the town in the Indiana Court of Appeals, so a lower fine was negotiated between the two parties.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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And did that excite you for the idea that June and Lydia could be scheming together?—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
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In a court filing Tuesday, prosecutors said Fairley intends to plead guilty in the sports betting case and a separate case in which he and others are accused of scheming to obtain nonpublic information to bet on college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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So, the ribosome provides a very stringent test of whether engineering out an amino acid can be tolerated by cells.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Allen, described in court filings as a California teacher and engineer with no prior criminal history, had initially sought release pending trial.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Gerrymander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymander. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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