as in manipulated
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 gerrymandered
The state is already, according to independent analyses, gerrymandered in a way that produces extra Republican victories.
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Gaskill had shown a map of congressional seats across the country, highlighting those held by Democrats in New England and Illinois, and stated that this was evidence that Democrats gerrymandered, and therefore, so should Indiana Republicans.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Republicans gerrymandered Athens-Clarke to include one strongly Democratic district, parceling out the rest of the county into three seats intended to be Republican.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
That’s because the Republicans had gerrymandered the house in many critical swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have called Democrats hypocritical, noting that several of the states to which Texas Democrats fled during their quorum break were ones that have been gerrymandered.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
The Democrats have gerrymandered their states really aggressively.
—NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Gaskill had shown a map of congressional seats across the country, highlighting those held by Democrats in New England and Illinois, and stated that this was evidence that Democrats gerrymandered, and therefore, so should Indiana Republicans.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Republicans gerrymandered Athens-Clarke to include one strongly Democratic district, parceling out the rest of the county into three seats intended to be Republican.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
That’s because the Republicans had gerrymandered the house in many critical swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have called Democrats hypocritical, noting that several of the states to which Texas Democrats fled during their quorum break were ones that have been gerrymandered.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
The Democrats have gerrymandered their states really aggressively.
—NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandered
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Last year, many were convinced American politics would be destabilized by videos manipulated by artificial intelligence, or lulled into a post-truth stupor by AI slop.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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What’s interesting is the NBA has moved away from some events that either have become stale or manipulated, such as the skills competition giving way at next week’s All-Star Weekend.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Alberdi is the rare filmmaker to enter the Berlinale with distribution for her film already arranged.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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The two feel fortunate their national Olympic committees arranged for them to bunk together at Cortina's Olympic village, since typically only teammates share housing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The deal was negotiated by Jarowey and SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi on behalf of Vertical and by Anant Tamirisa for AGC International, which is handling worldwide sales for the film.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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The deal was negotiated by Greenwich’s Jasper Basch with Cinetic’s Zach Magid representing the filmmakers.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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At its core is a full suspension aluminum frame engineered for real off-road dominance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2026
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Future Present Past was engineered by Jonathan Schenke and mixed by Andrew Lappin.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Gerrymandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandered. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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