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
The gerrymandering rush has been speedy, calculated, and legal, prompting no shortage of concern from politicians and voters.
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Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
The gerrymandering stakes in the race for governor are unknown.
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David Weigel,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
The Texas and California gambits were the first moves in an elaborate game of gerrymandering chess between the White House and Jeffries.
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Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
The death blow came on the heels and in comes in advance of unprecedented efforts by formerly Confederate states undertaking their own efforts to disenfranchise Black voters through gerrymandering.
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Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for gerrymandering
Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
The gerrymandering stakes in the race for governor are unknown.
—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
The Texas and California gambits were the first moves in an elaborate game of gerrymandering chess between the White House and Jeffries.
—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
The death blow came on the heels and in comes in advance of unprecedented efforts by formerly Confederate states undertaking their own efforts to disenfranchise Black voters through gerrymandering.
—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for gerrymandering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandering
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But Swedish intelligence recently alleged the country was manipulating economic data and that the true inflation rate could be much higher, perhaps as high as 15%.
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Fears of government officials manipulating world events – including the Iran war – to make a quick buck.
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Groff, who worked for Epstein for nearly two decades, was a central point-person in arranging the bookings with Amex, documents released by the Justice Department earlier this year indicated.
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The libraries that spent two years arguing that AI companies could not take their work without paying are now arranging to be paid for appearing inside the products built on top of them.
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Twice already, in November of 2025 and February of this year, the seven states involved in re-negotiating water rights and use along with the 100-year old treaty kicked the can down the road and failed to come to an agreement on water sharing.
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Now lawmakers and Newsom are negotiating further cuts.
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Most of the failures the industry is currently calling AI failures are engineering failures with AI on top.
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Moving to a new process node takes a lot of work, from identifying suitable materials to engineering new lithography tools to achieving sufficient yield of usable chips from the assembly line.
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“Gerrymandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandering. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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