as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a newcomer in the precincts of the automobile business
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Recent Examples of precincts
While there are instances where votes favoring the second homes tax line up with renter-dominant communities, there are many precincts that reveal mixed results for some communities.
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Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 July 2026
The technology has drawn public controversy since Detroit first signed a contract covering certain police precincts in 2020, and again in late 2022.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
With all precincts reporting, Smith had received 18,278 votes, and Erickson had received 18,280 votes.
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Gabriella Biello,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
In the precincts immediately east and west of Village Farms, these neighbors rejected Measure V by about 1,500 votes.
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Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
The August primary will take place across 440 precincts at 73 voting sites, according to KCEB data.
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Ilana Arougheti
june 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
But Washington’s legacy is more contentious in other precincts.
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Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
The preliminary tally showed that with about 64% of precincts reporting, Lewis George was leading McDuffie by 16 percentage points.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Some will be assigned to vote in different precincts.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 July 2026
The technology has drawn public controversy since Detroit first signed a contract covering certain police precincts in 2020, and again in late 2022.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
With all precincts reporting, Smith had received 18,278 votes, and Erickson had received 18,280 votes.
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Gabriella Biello,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
In the precincts immediately east and west of Village Farms, these neighbors rejected Measure V by about 1,500 votes.
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Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
The August primary will take place across 440 precincts at 73 voting sites, according to KCEB data.
—
Ilana Arougheti
june 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
But Washington’s legacy is more contentious in other precincts.
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Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
The preliminary tally showed that with about 64% of precincts reporting, Lewis George was leading McDuffie by 16 percentage points.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Some will be assigned to vote in different precincts.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precincts
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Daniela DaSuta, founder of SommSpace in Austin, recommends looking for wines labeled Alto Adige, Collio, Collio Goriziano or Friuli Colli Orientali, all benchmark areas for the variety.
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The city presented three scenarios for Hemphill, which would involve either no change to the current traffic flow, adding two lanes of traffic back in certain areas, or adding them back along the entire corridor.
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Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agencies involved in education.
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Cody Hess, an associate government program analyst for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said these differences in departments’ needs for in-person meetings make a sweeping return-to-office order unnecessary.
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What if Baahubali dies and has to go through the 14 realms of the afterlife in Indian mythology?
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The new wrinkle is that the big platforms want to draft off what makes top creators successful in their digital-native realms.
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Instead of concentrating combat capability aboard a small number of heavily armed warships, the government says the new vessels will support a hybrid fleet in which crewed ships coordinate networks of autonomous systems across multiple domains.
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Across eight domains of preparedness, respondents gave their highest scores to Community.
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In just his seventh career start, Bennett (3-3) struck out six with no walks while dominating the last-place Angels until the their two-run eighth.
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The waistband is made with stretchy material that doesn't dig into your skin, even during long walks or workouts.
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His companies have redrawn the boundaries of multiple economic fields—the automotive industry, the aerospace sector, satellite communications—and his direct influence has helped transform the world’s most powerful government.
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The magnetic pull for those whose ultimate prize is privacy and connection to nature is towards gardens, forests, fields and beachfronts that stretch into the distance, delineating possibilities.
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Even though the monarchy no longer exists in Rwanda, so revered are the cows that the traditional gifting and exchanging them among kingdoms has been embraced by Kagame.
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In the fifth century CE, the western half of the Roman Empire disintegrated into a patchwork of new kingdoms and new rulers.
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Butter yellow French tips cut away to reveal sheer spheres of apricot jam.
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Stephen worked at Weber Brothers Metal Works at the time, welding half spheres together to make buoys.
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“Precincts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precincts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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