precincts

plural of precinct

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Recent Examples of precincts These internal cliques, or deputy gangs, which have been tied to specific LASD precincts, have names like the Banditos, the Grim Reapers, and the Regulators. Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 Per New York’s Safe Haven Law, parents are allowed to legally and safely surrender newborns at hospitals, police precincts, or fire stations without facing criminal charges as long as the child is left in the care of responsible personnel. Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025 That earlier line of cases— and its appeals—likewise struck down maps connecting Black-majority precincts from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 In certain ideological precincts, Mamdani’s name has become totemic—shorthand for everything wrong with New York, which itself is shorthand for everything wrong with America. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 Daniel Baxter, chief of operations for the elections department, said 99,000 Detroiters already received absentee ballots, adding that early voting also drives numbers beyond in-person voting at precincts. Dana Afana, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025 The objectionable programs in that case were not the Republican-baiting precincts of late-night television but the social taboo-breaking entertainments of Three’s Company, All in the Family and Knots Landing. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025 The spokesperson, Gabby Picard, said there are two distinct precincts in Kansas City with the same name. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025 Without the Vote Centers, Hamilton County will have to find polling locations for 15 new precincts for the 2026 election, bringing the total number of precincts to 235. Jake Allen, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precincts
Noun
  • While oil continues to drive Saudi Arabia's economy, the kingdom is now expanding into areas such as artificial intelligence, tourism and sports to diversify its growth avenues.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Her primary areas of study are hunter-gather societies, technological change, and human-material interactions most broadly.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The nonprofit foundation, Spirit of Children, brings Halloween to kids in hospitals across the country and also raises funds for the facilities’ child life departments.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Chapter Two resets everything back to the start of the day to show more departments.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since March 30, the planet of dreams and subconscious realms has been testing the waters in Aries, hinting at a new collective era of self-reinvention and spiritual autonomy.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Multiple units can also be combined to create a larger development, unlocking potential in the realms of luxury hospitality and adventure travel.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Maysent, in addition to citing the cirtical role of his leadership in helping the university reach the top levels of quality measurement and improvement, cited his ability to bridge clinical and digital domains.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Legitimate settlements use official or clearly named administrator domains.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pages has only managed to get four hits in 43 at-bats this postseason, drawing no walks at the plate and striking out 11 times.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In the third, Betts and Freddie Freeman drew back-to-back walks to light another fire against Yesavage.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In September 2021, nine months after purchasing the team — then called Kansas City NWSL — the KC Current announced the purchase of 75 acres in Riverside to build a $15 million training facility with three practice fields.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Winners were selected by a jury made up of more than 550 members of the Film and TV Academy, which is currently being established to bring together professionals from across the Adriatic region and various fields of the film industry.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Because monkeys bang on typewriters and kingdoms fall.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • America’s most steadfast allies in this bit of the 21st century are the Gulf monarchies, true and unapologetic kingdoms big on pomp and light on participation.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The community is too vast, composed of too many distinct and overlapping spheres.
    Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The answer for one dimension is 3, two dimensions gets you 6, and a three dimensional situation can support 12 kissing spheres.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Precincts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precincts. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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