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[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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A statement from the army command said units had entered the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh district on Tuesday morning.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Former district head Gidion echoed this almost exactly.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

According to members of the Friends group, district officials took down the notices and then blocked inspectors from school property.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Taylor, involved a Maryland district, it was based in the First Amendment, so its logic is supposed to apply everywhere, including California.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

If we beat John Wayne, we’ll end the season first place in our district.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Step outside the museum, however, and everything is Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Lululemon; the museum sits in the middle of one of Shanghai’s most expensive shopping districts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In several districts across the country, organizations reported they were relying less on the federal government amid changes to rules and funding levels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Alongside the development of artificial pitches, Grottland cited a "revolution" in the period 2010-2020, "where Norwegian football, the top clubs, the federations and the districts started to invest heavily in player development".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

However, these scores did surpass pre-pandemic levels last year — which is more than most California school districts can claim.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 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

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

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

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 Townsend, George Alfred

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

This done, each State passes a law, districting the State according to the number of members assigned it, and each district elects its own representative for Congress.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.




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