bailiwicks

noun

Definition of bailiwicksnext
plural of bailiwick
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence questions about organization of the fund drive are my bailiwick

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  1. areas
  2. departments
  3. domains
  4. realms
  5. provinces
  6. territories
  7. specialties
Noun
  • Commit to making progress in these areas, regularly reviewing and adjusting your approach based on the results.
    Shay Levister, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Canopies are those shelter-type structures built over parking lots and other areas of a property.
    Tracy Price, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of areas
Noun
  • Leading With Purpose Brand stewardship isn’t about change for the sake of marketing departments leaving an imprint.
    Tripp Westbrook, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Auto dealers who are adding mobile service to their offerings are regaining more than 90% of their customers back to their service departments, according to a report from Curbee, a company that assists dealers implementing mobile services.
    Bill Koenig, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of departments
Noun
  • Instead of happening over time, bursts of progress happen simultaneously across different domains.
    Byrne Hobart, Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
  • With strategic partnerships, including collaborations with NVIDIA, the company is on a mission to accelerate AI adoption in emerging domains like Generative AI and Quantum Computing.
    Dean DeBiase, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of domains
Noun
  • Lately, deep reds have been trending in many realms of culture—think decor, fashion, and beauty.
    Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Their association with death may be a practical necessity for them, but the human world has always sought a more mystical connection—making these birds the bridge between the realms of the living and the dead.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of realms
Noun
  • Taiwan’s Defense Ministry also said on Monday that the PLA had designated seven zones of reserved airspace to the east of its coastal Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, which lie to the north and northwest of Taiwan respectively.
    Wayne Chang, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In other South African provinces like Limpopo and North West, provincial governments are looking at farming as a source of training and employment for disabled people.
    MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of provinces
Noun
  • The ceremony will be broadcast live to more than 200 territories worldwide.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This collaboration comes as both artists continue to explore new creative territories.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of territories
Noun
  • Family medicine physicians, by contrast, can expect a starting salary closer to $250,000, a good living by almost any measure, but a pay disparity that doesn’t strike most experts as reflecting the value, or importance, of these two specialties.
    Peter Ubel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Furthermore, this includes narrow kinds of intelligence such as specialties of repairing a car engine, knowing how to operate a crane, being able to fly a plane, etc.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of specialties
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