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Redistricting

[ree-dis-trikt] Origin

re·dis·trict

[ree-dis-trikt]
verb (used with object)
to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; re- + district
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Word Origin & History

redistrict
"redraw the boundaries of districts," 1850, in U.S. political sense, from re- "again" + district (q.v.).
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