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
There has been an enormous amount of press coverage of the battle over gerrymandering in the last month.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In Texas — the state that started this recent gerrymandering arms race — recent redistricting efforts have been accused of racial gerrymandering, disenfranchising Latino and Black voters to protect GOP incumbents.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
And gerrymandering — the original Massachusetts political Gerry who inaugurated the practice — arrived over 200 years ago.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Today, the gerrymandering efforts by both parties are also not universally welcomed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In Texas — the state that started this recent gerrymandering arms race — recent redistricting efforts have been accused of racial gerrymandering, disenfranchising Latino and Black voters to protect GOP incumbents.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
And gerrymandering — the original Massachusetts political Gerry who inaugurated the practice — arrived over 200 years ago.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Today, the gerrymandering efforts by both parties are also not universally welcomed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandering
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Former Formula One driver David Coulthard has accused the McLaren Racing F1 team of manipulating the Italian Grand Prix race results by issuing team orders during the race.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The hacker’s malware focuses on stealing cryptocurrency by hijacking and manipulating the user's browser.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Strategic leaders are the generals, arranging forces before engagements.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lizzo plops down in a straw chair with familiarity, arranging the many pillows around her and assuming a palms-up position.—
Allison P. Davis,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Teamsters announced on Facebook late Friday that their negotiating team has a tentative agreement for members to vote on, ending the strike and allowing next weekend’s Farm Aid concert to continue as planned at the U’s Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Rather than engineering microorganisms to speed up methane consumption, Stein values working with naturally occurring microbes and ecosystems.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Animal Crossing decompilation community had just finished reverse-engineering the game's source code, providing readable C instead of PowerPC assembly.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Gerrymandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandering. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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