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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 gerrymandered
Proposition 50, which voters approved in November, gerrymandered some of the state’s congressional districts as California aimed to flip five seats from red to blue in Congress.
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Grace Hase, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Gray, who has built a reputation as a progressive activist, had previously filed to run for the 5th District before flipping to the 4th District after Republican lawmakers gerrymandered Kansas City.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The state is already, according to independent analyses, gerrymandered in a way that produces extra Republican victories.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Gaskill had shown a map of congressional seats across the country, highlighting those held by Democrats in New England and Illinois, and stated that this was evidence that Democrats gerrymandered, and therefore, so should Indiana Republicans.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Republicans gerrymandered Athens-Clarke to include one strongly Democratic district, parceling out the rest of the county into three seats intended to be Republican.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
That’s because the Republicans had gerrymandered the house in many critical swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have called Democrats hypocritical, noting that several of the states to which Texas Democrats fled during their quorum break were ones that have been gerrymandered.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Grace Hase, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Gray, who has built a reputation as a progressive activist, had previously filed to run for the 5th District before flipping to the 4th District after Republican lawmakers gerrymandered Kansas City.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The state is already, according to independent analyses, gerrymandered in a way that produces extra Republican victories.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Gaskill had shown a map of congressional seats across the country, highlighting those held by Democrats in New England and Illinois, and stated that this was evidence that Democrats gerrymandered, and therefore, so should Indiana Republicans.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Republicans gerrymandered Athens-Clarke to include one strongly Democratic district, parceling out the rest of the county into three seats intended to be Republican.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
That’s because the Republicans had gerrymandered the house in many critical swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have called Democrats hypocritical, noting that several of the states to which Texas Democrats fled during their quorum break were ones that have been gerrymandered.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gerrymandered
Verb
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However, confirming that in humans is more challenging, given that human brain cells that can be manipulated to test the findings are of the deceased.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Known as the godfather of public relations, Bernays explained how the unconscious element of people in democratic societies could be manipulated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In this material, those moments are arranged in opposing directions.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the example model shown, this is arranged as a multifunctional room that includes a small desk/dining table and some seating.—
Adam Williams
April 25,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The deal was negotiated by Ben Kim, Head of Development and Acquisitions, and Addie Booth, Manager of Acquisitions, at Electric Entertainment, and Robert Benun and Mark Gill on behalf of the film.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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The deal was negotiated by Koehler for Shudder with Isadora Johnson for Cinetic on behalf of the filmmakers.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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The turns are engineered to allow drivers to maintain 200 miles per hour without losing traction.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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A lot of that expression was in how the machines looked on the outside, which of course was heavily influenced by how they were engineered inside and out.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Gerrymandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymandered. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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