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an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature
Independence Hall in Philadelphia's historic district
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Recent Examples of districts
Those brief ads are targeting about four dozen battleground districts that the group believes can be flipped.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
School budgets But what a cap on property tax increases could mean for area schools and other taxing districts that rely more heavily on property taxes is less clear.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
The legislation changes the rules only for countywide highway districts in counties that exceed 200,000 people.
—Mark Dee
april 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
For the next two weeks, Rebin visited morgues, cemeteries, police stations, prisons, and forensic offices in Tehran and its neighboring districts.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
The money will be funneled through the state’s basic education funding formula, which means local districts will be required to match some of it.
—Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
In districts with higher concentrations of low-income voters, there are fewer Democratic lawmakers eager to support costly, far-reaching environmental policies than there used to be.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Areas eligible for free 2-K There are five districts included in the program's rollout.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Last year, the Legislature increased the base amount of money districts receive per student by $55, but experts say the boost would need to be about $1,300 to catch up with inflation.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
School budgets But what a cap on property tax increases could mean for area schools and other taxing districts that rely more heavily on property taxes is less clear.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
The legislation changes the rules only for countywide highway districts in counties that exceed 200,000 people.
—Mark Dee
april 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
For the next two weeks, Rebin visited morgues, cemeteries, police stations, prisons, and forensic offices in Tehran and its neighboring districts.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
The money will be funneled through the state’s basic education funding formula, which means local districts will be required to match some of it.
—Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
In districts with higher concentrations of low-income voters, there are fewer Democratic lawmakers eager to support costly, far-reaching environmental policies than there used to be.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Areas eligible for free 2-K There are five districts included in the program's rollout.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Last year, the Legislature increased the base amount of money districts receive per student by $55, but experts say the boost would need to be about $1,300 to catch up with inflation.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for districts
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Police detectives are investigating two shootings that happened a short time apart in two Pittsburgh neighborhoods located not far from one another.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some neighborhoods like Clairemont have a senior center, whereas PB does not.—
Sierra Knoch,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Outside, there is a pool and spa, a 60-foot water slide, outdoor kitchen and bar, sport and play zones, a dog park-like turf area, and Crestron smart-home automation.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Even with the lack of things to do around Kauffman, the actual stadium makes up for it, especially with its standing zones for people to mingle and hang out.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Red Lobster lost money in four of the past five quarters, and 2025 sales remained at least 20% below pre-bankruptcy levels.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Given the choice of pulling out of half of their in-game buys during the sleepier quarters, marketers may choose to exercise those options if a recession is in full, sickly bloom.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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As the train pulled into the precincts of Guilin, Martha and Joost gazed out the window at a series of pointy green hills poking up out of bright-orange soil.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Of a total of 1,384 ballots cast with 100% of precincts reporting, 926 voted in favor of the referendum and 458 voted against.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Two days earlier, while Texas was busy taking SEC colleague Kentucky apart in sections, basketball legend Rebecca Lobo — ESPN’s lead analyst — said what many in the women’s hoops world have been thinking for some time now.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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Any serious assault depends on a huge conveyor belt of civilian ferries, deck cargo vessels, pier sections, ports, marshaling yards, beaches, fuel points and unloading nodes.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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