bailiwicks

noun

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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Recent Examples of bailiwicks Mansfield also has her bailiwicks. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bailiwicks
  1. areas
  2. departments
  3. domains
  4. realms
  5. fields
  6. kingdoms
  7. spheres
  8. provinces
Noun
  • Ready for some season predictions, areas of concern, a fair look down the road and an honest glimpse at what’s right in front of the Browns?
    — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The sterile fly program complements efforts to monitor wildlife, inspect animals and work with ranchers in areas where the fly has been spotted to encourage regular checks for infestations.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • In Thurman’s case, despite clear signs of an ectopic pregnancy, two emergency departments sent her home without resolving the complication.
    — Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors amended its current budget to add nearly $3 million to the District Attorney’s Office, and also to give some money back to several other services in other departments.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • Osteopathic philosophy serves as the integrative lens through which these domains influence clinical reasoning.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The global food system is afflicted by uncertainty across many domains—weather, supply chains, labor, trade, and beyond.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • Quiñones, an artist known as @skullsqwat and stylist to It-girl supreme and rock-star newlywed Gabbriette (known to her as Gabi), dwells in many realms.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Yet Parton’s willingness to move among musical genres and other realms of entertainment, and to try just about anything, was part of her genius.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • September transforms open fields, roadsides and mountain meadows into bold, vivid landscapes of brilliant yellows, purples, reds, whites and other hues.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • These rules exactly correspond to the monotone Boolean functions—a function type crucial in fields such as cryptography and voting theory.
    — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The empire did not expand further and eventually fragmented into smaller kingdoms.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of kingdoms
Noun
  • Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the bridge should spur development between the two countries in various spheres — including tourism — and create new jobs.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Both women recognized that fully realizing the aspirations and talents of women and girls also requires valuing the virtues and qualities that men and boys contribute, in the private and public spheres.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of spheres
Noun
  • Three main provinces—Castellón, Valencia, and Alicante—each have a distinct identity that helps define the region.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Quickly identifying and tracing the contacts of those who had come in contact with Ebola patients remains challenging across the six provinces affected.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of provinces

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