district
noun
a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes.
districting
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present participleof district.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In Allen, the post-Callais case concerning Alabama’s effort to undo Black representation, and in an early Texas districting case, Abbott v.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
The justices further acknowledged the emergence of robust two-party competition and the increasing sophistication of computer-generated districting maps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
In 1986, the court articulated a test for determining when election districting is racially discriminatory.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
“A districting plan must comply with the broader constitutional standard of upholding the right to vote on equal terms and to substantially equal voting power,” Associate Justice Robin Hudson wrote in the prevailing opinion.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Of course it was difficult to determine routes of travel there, and to a large extent that had to be left to the supervisors, but they merely revised our original districting.
From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
