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
And gerrymandering — the original Massachusetts political Gerry who inaugurated the practice — arrived over 200 years ago.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Other red and blue states are now considering gerrymandering, spurring nationwide calls to prohibit redistricting until the next census in 2030.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025
Today, the gerrymandering efforts by both parties are also not universally welcomed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The gerrymandering battle has spread to other states.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Other red and blue states are now considering gerrymandering, spurring nationwide calls to prohibit redistricting until the next census in 2030.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025
Today, the gerrymandering efforts by both parties are also not universally welcomed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The gerrymandering battle has spread to other states.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandering
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Was Prater manipulating evidence?—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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One was based on hard-coding logical rules for categorizing inputs into symbols and then for manipulating those symbols to arrive at outputs.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Around the country, arranging for housing is a relatively new and growing challenge for such PACE groups, which are funded through Medicaid and Medicare.—
Felice J. Freyer,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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One study — admittedly small and enabled by the hack of affair-arranging app Ashley Madison in 2015 — found that companies whose CEOs or CFOs were paying users of the site were twice as likely to have had a financial misstatement or involvement in a securities class action.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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On Tinder alone, men dominate the active user base, which gives women more choice and negotiating power.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Brown as the crafty Pauline is the true scene stealer, negotiating terms of terror herself.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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Allen was simply magnificent, engineering one of the most memorable comebacks in recent history, and starting the Bills’ season at 1-0.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Its development began in Japan in the late 1980s, where a seed research company spent eight years engineering a vegetable that was milder in taste than broccoli, better suited to warmer climates and more versatile in the kitchen.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Gerrymandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandering. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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