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’s a rich commonality between him and Venus that could be explored here—who’s manipulating Rika more?—
Sarah Chihaya,
New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2026
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Epstein offered to host Mandelson in a New York apartment in 2009, about five months before the two discussed by email manipulating then-British premier Gordon Brown to step down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The victims were women whom the attacker had come to him after arranging a date on an escort application, police said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Top with butter pieces, arranging evenly over surface.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Feb. 2026
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Neither the public nor private side began with a champion negotiating binding requirements before contracts were finalized or construction started.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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That means protecting benefits already earned while negotiating responsible adjustments for future accruals, exploring constitutional pathways for reform and offering voluntary buyout incentives to reduce long-term liabilities.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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These are not engineering questions alone.—
Nathanael Bondu,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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The challenge is engineering a device that can both recognize diseased tissue and deliver medication quickly and precisely.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Gerrymandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandering. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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