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[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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The city’s Shangcheng district, where Honghub is located, launched a new plan in March to attract 1,000 solo operators this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Christian singled out a detailed five-tier system that would set how many degrees a community college district can offer based on how its student outcomes compare with every other district in the state.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

A separate group of lawsuits filed in federal district court in Philadelphia around the same time also allege that Novo and Lilly’s GLP-1 drugs caused NAION, and that the companies failed to adequately warn patients.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Either way, what has happened in this residential district east of South Africa's biggest city has traumatised the nation, shining a spotlight on a situation that many believe is a crisis.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

When we entered the market district, I stood and stared at the giant maze, crowded with stalls of every kind of thing people have made, unsorted and loud.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

It would have let 10 community college districts offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing through a pilot program.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

When no obvious path forward was forthcoming, Johnson sent everyone back to their districts.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Though he did not dispute the validity of the signatures, he argued, ultimately unsuccessfully, that acts of the Missouri Legislature that related to congressional districts simply were not subject to the people’s referendum power.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Posters of a beaming Modi line streets across New Delhi to welcome leaders, with heavy deployments of security forces across the capital and widespread traffic restrictions in central districts.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

He had been a superintendent for a number of rural school districts in Mississippi, where he had spent his life forming busing systems and magnet schools to better integrate the black and white students.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

“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

I commenced my part of the labors at once, employing three persons to assist me, and we districted Culpepper, so that no one should interfere with the grounds of the other.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend

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

“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

Nor does our conclusion condemn complaints about districting to echo into a void.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2022

“On motion, Messrs. Gray, Dougherty, and Beers were appointed a committee on districting the Territory into not to exceed five districts.”

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray




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