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
The seats represented by both Lawler and Kiley could be on the chopping block if Democrats respond to the Texas effort by gerrymandering their own congressional maps.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is under severe pressure from President Donald Trump to restart one of the most craven and self-destructive practices of American politics in the 21st century: predatory gerrymandering.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The primary culprit in our absence of candidates is gerrymandering, in which the majority party draws absurd district shapes in order to protect incumbents and generate lopsided majorities.
—Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
In 2012, Suri released his mixtape Nehru Jackets as part of a platform to raise awareness and make noise in Albany about redistricting and gerrymandering in Queens.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is under severe pressure from President Donald Trump to restart one of the most craven and self-destructive practices of American politics in the 21st century: predatory gerrymandering.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The primary culprit in our absence of candidates is gerrymandering, in which the majority party draws absurd district shapes in order to protect incumbents and generate lopsided majorities.
—Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
In 2012, Suri released his mixtape Nehru Jackets as part of a platform to raise awareness and make noise in Albany about redistricting and gerrymandering in Queens.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymander
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This included reporting that the company manipulated vote counts, is owned by a company founded in Venezuela to rig elections for Hugo Chavez, is paid kickbacks to government officials who used its machines in swing states and was involved in voting irregularities in Texas in 2018.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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Gerrymandering is when politicians manipulate district lines, dividing or grouping populations, to get an advantage.—
Larry Kaplow,
NPR,
18 Aug. 2025
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Interested buyers, their representatives or brokers can arrange for special tours.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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As a fixer, Miguel has arranged interviews with El Mayo’s inner circle.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Another few weeks of Russian infantry assaults could achieve that goal, allowing Putin to negotiate with the U.S. and Ukraine from a position of greater advantage.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Until a decade ago, every La Liga club negotiated its own TV agreement, leading to enormous revenue disparities.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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There are, of course, bagpipes spouting off, clan skirmishes, muddy games and critter hunts, and kilts and scheming aplenty.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan Joss Jonathan Joss, the Native American actor who lent his voice to the esteemed, and also partly scheming John Redcorn across King of the Hill's original run, died in June 2025.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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These satellites are engineered to manufacture superalloys, semiconductors and optical fibers that benefit from space’s unique properties: microgravity, vacuum and extreme thermal gradients.—
Shelli Brunswick,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Each speaker is handcrafted by Sonus Faber using natural materials, with every component engineered for the finest acoustic performance.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Gerrymander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymander. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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