variants
or less commonly bussing
1
: the act of transporting by bus
2
: the transporting of children to a school outside their residential area as a means of achieving racial balance in that school
Examples of busing in a Sentence
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Although busing is being restored, other cuts made are not being restored.
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Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 10 June 2024
Under the new transportation plan, Western High students will receive busing.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2024
The line reserved for returning families with kids will be prioritized, and city officials said that Department of Education officials onsite would help ease the transition, working to secure busing or MetroCards so that students can stay in school.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2024
Most of these migrants were eager to move on from the borderlands, and in addition to Governor Abbott’s political busing ploy, humanitarian groups, in a spirit of assistance, were also putting them on buses to Chicago, Denver, New York, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
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Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 10 June 2024
Under the new transportation plan, Western High students will receive busing.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2024
The line reserved for returning families with kids will be prioritized, and city officials said that Department of Education officials onsite would help ease the transition, working to secure busing or MetroCards so that students can stay in school.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2024
Most of these migrants were eager to move on from the borderlands, and in addition to Governor Abbott’s political busing ploy, humanitarian groups, in a spirit of assistance, were also putting them on buses to Chicago, Denver, New York, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
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“Busing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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busing
noun
bus·ing
variants
or bussing
: the act of transporting by bus
especially
: the transporting of children to a school outside their neighborhood in order to establish a racial balance at that school
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