precincts

noun

plural of precinct
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 Police say the incidents took place across three different precincts in the Bronx, but did not provide specific locations. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Indeed, outside the precincts of Trump-friendly media, the daily coverage of the conflict has been almost uniformly negative. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 Many precincts in these places voted for Harris in 2024 with up to 80% support. — Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 23 July 2026 But with about 84% of precincts, Shah is leading Galán-Woods by roughly 7 percentage points. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Police from all five city precincts were called in to respond due to the number of victims, the outlets reported. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 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 That fearmongering is supposed to get loyal party members out working the precincts, getting the vote out. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026 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. — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precincts
  1. areas
  2. departments
  3. realms
  4. domains
  5. walks
  6. fields
  7. kingdoms
  8. spheres
Noun
  • As disaster risks rise, the costs of goods, services and reconstruction in affected areas may increase further, while local real estate development and investment will also face higher risk premiums.
    — , CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Recently, the Pulaski County Quorum Court rejected a measure that would have established a 12-month moratorium on new data centers within unincorporated areas of the county.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • There is not a statewide budget allocation for the service, and individual departments would have to foot the bill.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Kansas City and Independence’s health departments have not responded to inquiries as of Wednesday.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • The company has suffered defections from its traditional cable and broadband businesses as younger consumers find different services to connect them to digital realms.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 July 2026
  • Only a few isolated pockets stand between the Dark Lord and total victory — Khazad-dûm, where the Dwarves are now sealed deep within their mountain halls, and the elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell, which are protected by their Three Rings.
    — Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • When network telemetry is integrated into the broader system view, the environment becomes easier to interpret as a single operating reality rather than a collection of disconnected technical domains.
    — Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Campaigns may also register several defensive domains so impersonators cannot claim them first.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • Pet owners will receive waste bags, water bowls, and treats, and the lakeside trail just outside makes for easy walks.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Hip still bothering Springs Springs lasted just four innings after issuing a season-high five walks, throwing 86 pitches — only 51% of them strikes — and gave up his 28th home run of the season, the most of any pitcher in the league.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of walks
Noun
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But the two men want additional amenities such as pickleball courts or soccer fields that give more people a reason to keep coming back.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • For a long time, our leading hypothesis was bullying and violence, but that may be a bit impractical, given their kingdoms are vast networks of tunnels that can stretch for up to three kilometers.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • These stresses put pressure on all of the existing, interconnected kingdoms in the Mediterranean.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 July 2026
Definition of kingdoms
Noun
  • LipLift is powered by the brand’s proprietary Hyaluron Peptide-6 BioFill, a topical volumizing technology formulated with six advanced biomimetic peptides, hyaluronic acid oil, poly-hyaluronic acid filling spheres and bioidentical skin lipids.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Today, various combinations are packed into cardboard spheres or cylinders—shells—along with fuses coated in a flammable slurry, then sealed inside kraft paper and shot from fibreglass mortars.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of spheres

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