precinct

noun

pre·cinct | \ ˈprē-ˌsiŋ(k)t

Definition of precinct

1 : a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district: such as

a : a subdivision of a county, town, city, or ward for election purposes

b : a division of a city for police control

2a : an enclosure bounded by the walls of a building —often used in plural

b : a sphere of thought, action, or influence —often used in plural

3a precincts plural : the region immediately surrounding a place : environs

b : place, locale

4 : boundary —often used in plural a ruined tower within the precincts of the squire's grounds— T. L. Peacock

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a sexist attitude that was pretty common in the precincts of the automobile business

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Vote counting is continuing and final detailed precinct-level data won’t be available until the election is certified at the end of the month. — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, "Map: Kim Schrier won big in King County suburbs, even in Dino Rossi’s neighborhood," 14 Nov. 2018 Analyzing the special election vote Election experts will pick over the precinct-level results for days to come, but Tipirneni clearly did very well with independents and even picked off some Republicans. — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, "After lackluster showing in election, worried Arizona Republicans search for leadership," 25 Apr. 2018 Voters also elected precinct-level Town Meeting members. — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, "Burrows tops Goodwin in Billerica School Committee race," 11 Apr. 2018 With almost all precincts reporting, Kemp may have won the governor’s race by a little more than 85,000 votes, or under 3 percentage points. — German Lopez, Vox, "Voter suppression really may have made the difference for Republicans in Georgia," 7 Nov. 2018 A few dozen of the 258 Democratic precinct chairs stood up in favor of former municipal judge Cheryl Grant. — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, "Women will head the Hamilton County Democratic Party for the first time in history," 9 June 2018 Rohrabacher had 30% of the votes with all precincts reporting, and after the revision, Keirstead was 45 votes ahead of Rouda (both at 17%). — Hannah Fry, latimes.com, "Rohrabacher heads to general election for his congressional seat, but who will challenge him is still up in the air," 7 June 2018 Democrat Lauren Arthur, a state representative, led Republican Kevin Corlew, also a state representative, by close to 20% with all precincts reporting. — Eric Bradner, CNN, "6 takeaways from the biggest primary night of 2018," 6 June 2018 With all precincts reporting, Schwartz led challenger Mark Hall 5,218 votes to 4,278. — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, "Hamilton County council results could mean more spending on projects," 8 May 2018

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