busing

noun

bus·​ing ˈbə-siŋ How to pronounce busing (audio)
variants or less commonly bussing
Synonyms of busingnext
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

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City officials in Del Rio continued the busing, but, by the start of 2024, arrivals started to decrease. — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 The intrigue: The district also plans on providing free busing to its preschools to eliminate transportation barriers. — Linh Ta, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 When Nick Mason was covering busing and desegregation in schools in Buffalo, New York, in the 1970s one thing stood out to him: education was the key to solving inequality. — Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 The scholarship is a tribute to Nick Mason, a former park board member and reporter who covered busing and desegregation in public schools in Buffalo, NY in the 1970’s and had a passion for getting children involved in their community. — Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 29 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for busing

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1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of busing was in 1920

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busing

noun
bus·​ing
variants or bussing
ˈbə-siŋ How to pronounce busing (audio)
: 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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