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
More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away the power of their voters.
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Mary Ellen Klas,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
Sure but doesn't gerrymandering disincentivize bipartisan.
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CBS News,
31 May 2026
Bowing to Trump, feckless state legislators have unconstitutionally gerrymandered Democratic-leaning congressional districts out of existence.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Unfortunately, when Texas decided to gerrymander, California had to respond.
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The Editorial Board,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
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Mary Ellen Klas,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
Sure but doesn't gerrymandering disincentivize bipartisan.
—
CBS News,
31 May 2026
Bowing to Trump, feckless state legislators have unconstitutionally gerrymandered Democratic-leaning congressional districts out of existence.
—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Unfortunately, when Texas decided to gerrymander, California had to respond.
—
The Editorial Board,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for gerrymander
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymander
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Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to coax chatbots into regurgitating Kremlin talking points, according to senior European officials, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections about how to respond to the growing attempt to silently manipulate voters.
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States can also counter flag-of-convenience laundering by using financial intelligence to trace flag payments, reveal risks to insurers and financiers, and push rapid-deflagging for AIS-manipulating ships.
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Agents also intercepted calls between the two discussing drug and firearm trafficking, during which Rodriguez arranged for deliveries to be made to his home.
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Accordingly, the house is raised 14 feet above the ground, with rooms arranged primarily on one level.
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But Iran denied making any new commitments on monitoring, with state media reporting that Tehran did not negotiate the nuclear issue during 18 hours of discussions.
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The Heat and other NBA teams have been allowed to negotiate with their own impending free agents since June 14 — the day after the last game of the NBA Finals.
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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.
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Joining Purnell, Ora, and Haaland in the voice cast are Steve Speirs as King Erik, Anton Lesser as the scheming Lars, and Alan Carr as the Bard, an overly enthusiastic royal scribe.
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To meet this demand, the market required crops engineered for this new era, encouraging innovation that produced plants sturdy enough for cross-country travel and aggressive enough to thrive in any backyard soil.
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Unlike artists attempting to engineer their next viral moment, EMIN views the success as something that happened organically.
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“Gerrymander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymander. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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