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
There has been an enormous amount of press coverage of the battle over gerrymandering in the last month.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In Texas — the state that started this recent gerrymandering arms race — recent redistricting efforts have been accused of racial gerrymandering, disenfranchising Latino and Black voters to protect GOP incumbents.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
And gerrymandering — the original Massachusetts political Gerry who inaugurated the practice — arrived over 200 years ago.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Today, the gerrymandering efforts by both parties are also not universally welcomed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In Texas — the state that started this recent gerrymandering arms race — recent redistricting efforts have been accused of racial gerrymandering, disenfranchising Latino and Black voters to protect GOP incumbents.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
And gerrymandering — the original Massachusetts political Gerry who inaugurated the practice — arrived over 200 years ago.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Today, the gerrymandering efforts by both parties are also not universally welcomed.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandering
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His powers included manipulating fire, engulfing his body in flames, superhuman strength and flying.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sanders, in a motion to the court, accused the initial prosecutor in the case, Tony Rackauckas, of manipulating evidence dealing with jailhouse informants.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Foster a culture of inclusion, for example, by arranging monthly or quarterly get-togethers between your in-house team and your freelancers.—
Jessica Wong,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Martha Stewart suggests using half of the pristine pecan halves on top of the filling, arranging them in concentric circles.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Teamsters announced on Facebook late Friday that their negotiating team has a tentative agreement for members to vote on, ending the strike and allowing next weekend’s Farm Aid concert to continue as planned at the U’s Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Rather than engineering microorganisms to speed up methane consumption, Stein values working with naturally occurring microbes and ecosystems.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Animal Crossing decompilation community had just finished reverse-engineering the game's source code, providing readable C instead of PowerPC assembly.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Gerrymandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandering. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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