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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

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Noun

The rain could could produce flash flooding, especially in low-lying and urban areas.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
The pharmaceutical giant is investing in other disease areas to expand and diversify its drug pipeline beyond obesity and diabetes.

— Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of areas

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State employee telework California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 1729, which could encourage state agencies and departments to encourage telework and create a centralized dashboard to track related efficiency metrics.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The claim was made by Ryan Paganetti, who previously worked in the analytics departments for the Raiders, Jags and Eagles.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of departments

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Federal officials say the domains were hard-coded into the malware and used for essential functions, including communication and authentication.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
StartCP provides one dashboard for websites, domains, email accounts, and databases.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of domains

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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

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Twelve other experts from a cross section of relevant fields including public health, pulmonology, and critical care joined this group to think together about how to galvanize new solutions.

— Katia Riddle, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
Save for the close second Renegade ran to Golden Tempo in the Belmont, the Belmont winner hasn’t been tested by the fields, which is to say, by traffic, as Renegade has.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of fields

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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

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In 1966, during the 33rd Venice Biennale, Kusama staged Narcissus Garden without an official invitation, installing 1,500 reflective silver spheres on a lawn outside the exhibition grounds.

— Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
This separating of spheres feels particularly crucial given the embarrassment surrounding NFTs that still lingers among many art professionals.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of spheres

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Efforts to bring the outbreak under control — from limited public gatherings to social distancing and airport closures — have disrupted life in the six affected provinces, particularly Ituri, which has been ravaged by rebel violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
According to Iran’s Red Crescent, 24 of Iran’s 32 provinces were hit in the first day of bombings, with more than 200 deaths and 700 injuries reported.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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