as in manipulating
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 gerrymandering
For example, gerrymandering – the practice of drawing district boundaries to favor one party – is frequently cited as the main culprit.
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Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
Peña-Melnyk’s interest in the concerns of rural voters may be genuine, but her support for gerrymandering makes her priorities clear.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
The redistricting panel has the primary power to draw congressional maps, and is supposed to do so without gerrymandering the boundaries to give any party a political advantage.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Virginia marks the last Democratic maneuver before the midterm elections in the nationwide gerrymandering arms race, which started in August when Texas revealed plans for a new congressional map to strip Democrats of five seats.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2026
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Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
Peña-Melnyk’s interest in the concerns of rural voters may be genuine, but her support for gerrymandering makes her priorities clear.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
The redistricting panel has the primary power to draw congressional maps, and is supposed to do so without gerrymandering the boundaries to give any party a political advantage.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Virginia marks the last Democratic maneuver before the midterm elections in the nationwide gerrymandering arms race, which started in August when Texas revealed plans for a new congressional map to strip Democrats of five seats.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandering
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There was the patriarch, Abbas Khan, prowling through the pages, making real-estate deals, manipulating people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Full-palm tactile sensing allows the robot to continue manipulating objects even when cameras are obstructed or when precise force control is required, such as in assembly tasks.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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But many booth owners take great care on their displays and spend their free time arranging their wares just so.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2026
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Long before Manhattan's iconic street grid took shape, an English widow laid the groundwork for a settlement in Brooklyn, arranging a small village in what would become the United States into one of the first grid patterns.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s negotiating team, chaired by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and includes Foreign Minister Abbas Arghchi, met late Friday with Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The administration has already spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants through such deals and is negotiating with 47 countries to expand the program further.—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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From lab innovation to engineering reality Experts involved in the project said the flight represents a major transition from experimental research to practical engineering use.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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Zhou added that many Chinese companies also have more employees working on marketing and customer operations — not just engineering.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Gerrymandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandering. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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