Thesaurus results for GERRYMANDERING

gerrymandering

verb

present participle of gerrymander

as in manipulating

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 gerrymandering But the next two years are probably gonna be maybe just as active as the past year has been in gerrymandering. —

Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 After the gerrymandering debacle, Virginia’s governor is trying to reclaim her pragmatic image. —

Editorial Board, Washington Post, 13 May 2026 And efforts at gerrymandering, which means creating districts to favor one party over another, tend to be common but unpopular. —

Larry Kaplow, NPR, 9 May 2026 Since this decision, states such as Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama have considered gerrymandering their maps to further favor Republicans in the redistricting wars. —

Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gerrymandering

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The malevolent Sidious put Maul through the wringer, torturing and manipulating him on his path to becoming a fearsome Sith Lord.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 19 May 2026
Kinematic intelligence began with EPFL researchers motion-capturing humans setting, shoving, tossing, and otherwise manipulating objects.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 May 2026