as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a newcomer in the precincts of the automobile business
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Recent Examples of precinct
Data from the city’s Board of Elections show Najera’s voting precinct supported Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Each of the five options show the southern precincts 1 and 2 interlocked in U-shapes, with the northern precincts 3 and 4 relatively unchanged from the current map.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2025
Newsweek reached out to the precinct and Animal Cruelty Division via email on Monday for comment.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
There are other hoops to jump through: I am required to physically check in with several local governmental bodies, police precincts, and National Park offices along the way.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 6 May 2025
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Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Each of the five options show the southern precincts 1 and 2 interlocked in U-shapes, with the northern precincts 3 and 4 relatively unchanged from the current map.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2025
Newsweek reached out to the precinct and Animal Cruelty Division via email on Monday for comment.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
There are other hoops to jump through: I am required to physically check in with several local governmental bodies, police precincts, and National Park offices along the way.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precinct
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To build smarter, more agile systems, organizations should begin by conducting a thorough audit of their current resources to identify areas where AI can enhance existing processes.—
David Jones,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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On Sunday morning, the area around 13500 Palm Ave. remained an active crime scene.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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According to 2024-25 CDC data, adults who had taken the vaccine were 33% more likely not to need emergency department or urgent care and 45%–46% effective in preventing hospitalizations among otherwise healthy adults over 65 year old.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Her department has appealed the National Endowment for the Arts’ decision to terminate grants awarded to the city.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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Staking peonies with peony cages offers the plant support and keeps it upright even through the elements.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2025
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Hands-on cybersecurity training and cybersecurity certifications are important parts of effective security training, but the most successful leaders see skills development not as a training expense but as a core element of their defense strategy.—
Dara Warn,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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More definitively, the company has made significant progress across the realms of healthcare delivery and life sciences through use-cases such as advancing protein structure prediction models, optimizing medical imaging LLMs and even progressing with VR technology.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In that realm, the Padres have fared very well, not just this year but since 2021.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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In his past two games, at Boston and Friday against the Padres, Sale allowed nine hits and two runs and had 14 strikeouts with three walks in 14 innings.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
26 May 2025
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Bri Ellis drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh with one out, but Binford struck out Day and Wyckoff to secure the victory.—
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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As of mid-May, his operation had mushroomed to include over 20,000 mostly young volunteers, a bigger field team than any of the other 2025 mayoral campaigns bolster.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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Additionally, the batteries can be used to power tools or other devices out in the field.—
Ben Coxworth
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2025
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Before entering the public domain, the book had already been turned into movies in 1926, 1949, 1974 (starring Robert Redford) and 2013 (directed by Baz Luhrmann) as well as several TV versions.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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The browser also blocked most of the domains associated with Yandex Metrica.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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“Precinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precinct. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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