Thesaurus results for PRECINCT

precinct

noun

ˈprē-ˌsiŋ(k)t

Definition of precinct

as in area

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence a newcomer in the precincts of the automobile business

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Recent Examples of precinct Smiling and laughing cockily as he was led out of an NYPD precinct in cuffs, Assaidi was charged with reckless endangerment. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026 This time around, the police would likely be able to leave their riot gear at the precinct. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026 The bureau says 328 patrol officers are assigned to answer 911 calls across the city's three precincts. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 New Bedford has also had recent issues with voter access, most recently in a March 2024 city election where one precinct opened without any Republican ballots for nearly an hour while another ran out of GOP ballots hours before polls closed. — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for precinct

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This area is designated a blue zone because of its high percentage of residents aged 90 and older, a statistic that has remained consistent over the past 150 years.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026
Firefighters in France and Spain are battling to control wildfires which have raged for days in the areas near the major cities of Bordeaux and Madrid.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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City documents say the department is assessing tripled fees for both structural and grading work done without authorization.

— Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn will move to propose measures related to waiving Boston Police Department residency requirements and allowing retired officers to take shifts as the department faces ongoing staffing challenges.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 27 July 2026

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Magnesium, on the other hand, shows much more potential, with the same quantity of water containing 2,980 kg (6,570 lb) of the element, roughly the weight of a 2024 Ford F-250 Super Duty Cargo Truck … so, a lot.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
There’s the Targaryen element, but there’s the Hightower in him as well.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 July 2026

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Ackman has become more ideological, expanding his crusades into cultural and academic realms.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Though the song is heavily acoustic, its distorted guitar solos hail squarely from the realm of harder rock, and the artificial choirs that seep in toward the end seem to call out to the symphonic citadels of the Norwegian black metallers.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

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Frake-Waterfield created the TCU (ha ha) as a horror film franchise that turns public-domain children’s stories into slasher films.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026
If millions more digital products are created because the cost of building approaches zero, then even a small percentage progressing to real-world use translates into a meaningful increase in demand for domains.

— Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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