as in manipulated
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 gerrymandered
It was gerrymandered unbelievably so.
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Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 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
Berkley Riverfront Park and the rest of the streetcar line was recently gerrymandered out of Cleaver’s long-time district.
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Eleanor Nash
may 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
They’ve been gerrymandered out of existence.
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Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Proposition 50, which voters approved in November, gerrymandered some of the state’s congressional districts as California aimed to flip five seats from red to blue in Congress.
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Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Gaskill had shown a map of congressional seats across the country, highlighting those held by Democrats in New England and Illinois, and stated that this was evidence that Democrats gerrymandered, and therefore, so should Indiana Republicans.
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Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
Republicans gerrymandered Athens-Clarke to include one strongly Democratic district, parceling out the rest of the county into three seats intended to be Republican.
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CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts.
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David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
5 Dec. 2025
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 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
Berkley Riverfront Park and the rest of the streetcar line was recently gerrymandered out of Cleaver’s long-time district.
—
Eleanor Nash
may 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
They’ve been gerrymandered out of existence.
—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Proposition 50, which voters approved in November, gerrymandered some of the state’s congressional districts as California aimed to flip five seats from red to blue in Congress.
—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Gaskill had shown a map of congressional seats across the country, highlighting those held by Democrats in New England and Illinois, and stated that this was evidence that Democrats gerrymandered, and therefore, so should Indiana Republicans.
—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
Republicans gerrymandered Athens-Clarke to include one strongly Democratic district, parceling out the rest of the county into three seats intended to be Republican.
—
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts.
—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandered
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In April 2026, the New England Journal of Medicine retracted a paper after discovering that a clinical image had been manipulated with AI.
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Predictive markets, like sports betting, can be manipulated.
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First class will see suites arranged in a 1-1-1 configuration across the cabin, each featuring an 80-inch flat bed and separate armchair, plus a full-length wardrobe.
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Written, composed, and arranged by K-indie singer-songwriter and producer Hyun-sang Ha, the pop-rock ballad was created with his friend, Minhyuk, in mind.
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As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Some, like Santa Clarita, have come to the table and already negotiated a settlement.
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The killings were engineered to terrify the remaining Poles into fleeing westward, so extensive documentation was spread of the accompanying torture and mutilation.
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How has the company engineered this success?
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“Gerrymandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandered. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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