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a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a newcomer in the precincts of the automobile business
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Recent Examples of precincts
On Election Night, with 2,658 precincts reporting, Griffin led Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs by 9,851 votes of 5,540,090 cast.
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Voting eligibility Party officers are elected by committeemen and committeewomen from precincts across the county.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
This year there were no contests for Democratic committeeman or committeewoman in any of Broward’s precincts.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
If there isn’t competition, candidates are elected in their precincts without facing the voters, the same system that’s used for any public office in Florida when there isn’t a contest.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
The alleged election fraud occurred at three different voting precincts.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
The recount yielded Riggs 70 additional votes and Griffin 56 additional votes, while state law requires Griffin to have gained at least 35 additional votes in the partial hand recount in 3 percent of the Election Day precincts and early voting sites in each county, according to the board.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
The wild speculative precincts of the market could even reflect a revving of animal spirits that could become a broader upward acceleration – which might then turn into a climactic short-term top.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
Her District 7 includes much of Roxbury and precincts in the South End and Fenway.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Voting eligibility Party officers are elected by committeemen and committeewomen from precincts across the county.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
This year there were no contests for Democratic committeeman or committeewoman in any of Broward’s precincts.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
If there isn’t competition, candidates are elected in their precincts without facing the voters, the same system that’s used for any public office in Florida when there isn’t a contest.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
The alleged election fraud occurred at three different voting precincts.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
The recount yielded Riggs 70 additional votes and Griffin 56 additional votes, while state law requires Griffin to have gained at least 35 additional votes in the partial hand recount in 3 percent of the Election Day precincts and early voting sites in each county, according to the board.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
The wild speculative precincts of the market could even reflect a revving of animal spirits that could become a broader upward acceleration – which might then turn into a climactic short-term top.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
Her District 7 includes much of Roxbury and precincts in the South End and Fenway.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precincts
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Meanwhile, Zalando is set to purchase its German rival About You, with plans to grab more European market share and collaborate in areas such as business-to-business, logistics and payments.Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
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Companies, recognizing the economic pressures on their workforce, may establish satellite offices in areas outside Manhattan to reduce the financial strain on their employees.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Committee of Foreign Investment in the United States, which is made up of agencies including the departments of Treasury and Justice, expressed reservations about the deal to the companies in a letter last month.Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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While larger enterprises can dedicate entire departments to address these challenges, 60% of small businesses that experience a successful cyberattack are shuttered within six months, raising the stakes even further.Raghu Bongula, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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And so the entire experience was designed to help people understand what these three realms mean to them.Charles Moss, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
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In these realms, Archaea—microorganisms similar to, but evolutionarily distinct from, bacteria—thrive.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Because LLMs are trained on massive datasets, these models can be biased due to the data used to train the models, leading to poor performance in specialized domains.Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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However, they are trained on diverse datasets, which can result in a lack of customization for specific enterprise needs, like domains.Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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