precincts
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Still, as of Wednesday, Raman was trailing in 54 of the 66 precincts in her own council district.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
A CalMatters analysis found that Latino-majority precincts voted in bigger numbers for the ballot initiative than for Kamala Harris two years earlier.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Appealing to voters in small, rural New England precincts was a remarkable achievement for a candidate identified with Chicago and civil rights campaigns in the South.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
As these books show, good storytelling need never leave the precincts of realism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Their predecessors in this included the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hittites, who all kept significant archives of clay cuneiform tablets in their palaces and temple precincts.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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