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
The state is already, according to independent analyses, gerrymandered in a way that produces extra Republican victories.
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 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
That’s because the Republicans had gerrymandered the house in many critical swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have called Democrats hypocritical, noting that several of the states to which Texas Democrats fled during their quorum break were ones that have been gerrymandered.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
The Democrats have gerrymandered their states really aggressively.
—NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 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
That’s because the Republicans had gerrymandered the house in many critical swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have called Democrats hypocritical, noting that several of the states to which Texas Democrats fled during their quorum break were ones that have been gerrymandered.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
The Democrats have gerrymandered their states really aggressively.
—NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandered
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The college has built out a simulation classroom setup, where students are trained on a simulated air traffic control tower that can be manipulated by their educators.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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This suggests that most people getting banned aren’t being reported by other users, but flagged by algorithms or AI—perhaps for offensive language, for photos that appear manipulated or fake, or for behavior that suggests the account belongs to a bot and not a real person.—
Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Each bride’s dress has been billowed out and arranged around her in a circle, and these white figures are scattered at irregular intervals throughout the green field.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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The financing for the upgrade will be in the form of credit arranged by Citibank and will generate supply contracts worth $314 million for British firms, the UK government said, including a $93 million contract for British Steel.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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An in-season agent swap could help facilitate a reasonable deal, too, since Robertson’s new agent, Andy Scott of Octagon, has already negotiated long-term deals in Dallas for Wyatt Johnston, Rantanen and Harley.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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These are lightweight, porous structures engineered using renewable resources and advanced nanotechnology.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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It was engineered over decades.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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