to redistrict
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- verb
- /ˌriːˈdɪstrɪkt/
- Voters expressed their concerns about the proposed plan to redistrict the neighborhoods for the election.
- redistrict and reapportion
- Legislature redistrict
- redistricting the state
Examples
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The local government decided to redistrict to ensure fairer representation in the upcoming elections.
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I think we Californians were all shocked to see how badly the GOP lost after redistricting.
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I didn't ask the schools to redistrict.
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First, NASP membership was redistricted into four instead of five regions.
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In 12 of the remaining states, the parties shared control; 7 were redistricted by commissions, and 7 were single-district states.
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We should be redistricting for inter party competitiveness by reducing the number of safe seats.
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Democrats must take back both houses and the governorship—and then redistrict immediately.
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This wouldn't do very much, but it would help at the margins to have some nonpartisan redistricting in elections.
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After redistricting, there were 11 more Republican-leaning districts, 5 fewer Democratic-leaning districts, and 6 fewer balanced districts.
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NEW YORK—The once-a-decade drama of redistricting the New York City Council is almost complete.
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Synonyms
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Change the boundaries of areas like voting or school districts
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To divide something into parts again, for example a disk or land
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To divide a place into areas for official use
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Divide land into new lots for building or sale
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Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word redistrict is made from re- 'again' and district 'an area or region'. So to redistrict is to draw new borders around those areas, often for voting, and to change the district lines again.