pro-busing

or pro-bus·sing

[ proh-buhs-ing ]

/ proʊˈbʌs ɪŋ /

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adjective

favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.

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How to use pro-busing in a sentence

That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.
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But failing that, he advised pro-immigration reform Republican candidates such as former Gov. Jeb Bush to just skip the state.
Can This Republican Bring the GOP Back to Its Senses on Immigration?|Tim Mak|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How did you make the transition from pro surfer to modeling?
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Even in places as blue-leaning as Colorado, Latino support for pro-growth Republicans has been growing.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Counter-protestors marched to confront the pro-police contingent, separated by barricades and uniformed officers.
NYC’s Garner Protesters vs. Pro-Cop Protesters|Jacob Siegel|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition, the currency notes of the Government served in the place pro tanto of the Bank of England notes.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
“Lecompton” constitution of Kansas was a pro-slavery document which Buchanan favoured.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Nam Sacerdos ille, qui huc ante nos aduenerat, nostro statim adutu in Galliam sua ipse sponte & pro veteri desiderio remigrauit.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Domi primm dedimus operam, vt pro nostris viribus officium Ecclesiasticum ne deesset.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
During the ingenuous apologia pro vita sua Miss Anne regarded him with her honest candour.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke