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district

[dis-trikt] / ˈdɪs trɪkt /


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For his work on Oak Reile’s case, which included an initial administrative hearing, a district court case and the Supreme Court appeal, Phillips says he earned $14,595 in fees.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

One example is the case of a 12-year-old girl who arrived at a hospital in the central district of Luwero in 2011.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

That includes paying the balance of the school’s lease to the district and supporting local groups to carry on some services.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The two massive catfish have energized the fishing community at the lake, said Robert Hernandez, general manager of the park district.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

In reality, Fukushima is a prefecture in Japan—a government district similar to a state in America.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The company noted traction with major school districts in just the first few months since the Neo’s launch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

But "the lack of key lifelines -- water, power" has hit locals hard, said Hiroyuki Matsushima, 53, who works at a supermarket in Yatsushiro, one of the districts where shaking was strongest.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

“The clear message we heard was that many school districts have been struggling to navigate legal ambiguity regarding compliance with Proposition 28.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Sixteen departments or districts are under orange heatwave alert, including in the Landes area further south.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Madison did need to come up with at least three votes on assumption—here Jefferson's account is accurate—and eventually four members switched their votes, all of them congressmen from districts bordering on the Potomac.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“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

Again, in the machinery of the internal-revenue laws all these States are districted, not as "Territories," but as "States."

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

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

The districting committee will host four virtual town hall meetings to collect public input on the proposed maps before voting on a final draft.

From Seattle Times Oct. 8, 2021

Of course it was difficult to determine routes of travel there, and to a large extent that had to be left to the supervisors, but they merely revised our original districting.

From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis




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