as in to manipulate
to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage
gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority
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Recent Examples of gerrymander
This is all in response to an effort by Texas Republicans to gerrymander their map to expand the Republicans’ current 25-13 edge to 30-8 over Democrats.
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David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
President Trump and his allies have pushed GOP lawmakers to engage in gerrymandering to prevent Democrats from taking control of the House during the final two years of his presidency.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
There has been an enormous amount of press coverage of the battle over gerrymandering in the last month.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Of course, the ideal is nationwide redistricting reform, like the For the People Act, to end gerrymandering once and for all.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
President Trump and his allies have pushed GOP lawmakers to engage in gerrymandering to prevent Democrats from taking control of the House during the final two years of his presidency.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
There has been an enormous amount of press coverage of the battle over gerrymandering in the last month.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Of course, the ideal is nationwide redistricting reform, like the For the People Act, to end gerrymandering once and for all.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymander
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In this approach, quantum information is encoded in various properties of photons, and computation is performed by manipulating these photonic states using optical components.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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That could delay clarity on how Sullivan will arrange his D pairs.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
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That’s the 20th century approach, before everybody had a mobile app that can arrange rides, give instructions and track locations.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Many countries have sought to negotiate to remove or reduce the tariffs, some have made deals, while others have enforced counter tariffs.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Blackhawks and Kaiser’s agent had been negotiating for some time this offseason, but neither side had been in a rush, with the 23-year-old Kaiser having no arbitration rights.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
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Head coach Kevin O’Connell tends to scheme free releases for Jefferson, but Terrell can be sticky down the field.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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This is only Year 1, and while the Patriots are working, scheming and practicing to win every Sunday, their biggest games are well ahead of them.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Now, in a world engineered for infinite choice, commitment feels like a risk, and discomfort feels like failure.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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On the upside, Dell’s cooling system seems well-engineered.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Gerrymander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymander. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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