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[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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“The people of California deserve leaders who put politics and personal ambition aside and pursue truth, accountability, and justice with courage, integrity, and transparency,” said Michael Hestrin, Riverside County district attorney, in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The post-World War II geopolitical landscape is reconstructing itself faster than the Ginza district, which was devastated in the last film and continues to look like a battlefield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The collective Geef Tegengas, which campaigns for climate and justice, and the environmental group Fossielvrij entered the construction site in the Sloterdijk district, halting work for the day.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

He appeared before Benítez, then a district judge presiding over the Canadian’s extradition proceeding to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

She waltzed away, her chunky necklace clanking as she waved up at the district superintendent, who sort of half waved back.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

And in two other districts, Black women Democratic candidates are maintaining narrow leads and advancing to runoff elections next month.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Both are returning to Congress — Allred after two years out of office — in new districts.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

The current council members in both districts — Bob Blumenfield in District 3 and Curren Price in District 9 — are leaving office because of term limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Democrats claimed all three House races in the overwhelmingly Hispanic congressional districts along the Texas-Mexico border.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

“And as the Mockingjay, your primary goal of unifying the districts against the Capitol has been achieved. Don’t worry—if it goes well, we’ll fly you in for the surrender.”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

“Plaintiffs’ novel proposal is that we dismantle Georgia’s statewide PSC system and replace it with an entirely new districted system,” the court wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

As school districted switched to distance learning in March, the nonprofit Partnership for Connecticut spent $24 million to provide 60,000 laptops to high school students.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020

Is choosing a more diverse school worth requesting the transfer, or should we stick with our districted school?

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020

Less important but still a concern: Only one of our daughter’s friends from day care will attend the school that we are districted for.

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020

The town was districted and each of us took his portion.

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

The justices further acknowledged the emergence of robust two-party competition and the increasing sophistication of computer-generated districting maps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

In 1986, the court articulated a test for determining when election districting is racially discriminatory.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

“A districting plan must comply with the broader constitutional standard of upholding the right to vote on equal terms and to substantially equal voting power,” Associate Justice Robin Hudson wrote in the prevailing opinion.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

“I see the argument on the other side — a state interest in independent districting commissions. But as I read this, it is about districting in Los Angeles,” Chemerinsky said via email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

"Better say a Gerrymander," returned the editor, alluding to Elbridge Gerry, the Republican governor who had signed the districting act.

From A School History of the United States by John Bach McMaster


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