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precincts

British  
/ ˈpriːsɪŋkts /

plural noun

  1. the surrounding region or area

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As these books show, good storytelling need never leave the precincts of realism.

From The Wall Street Journal

As he sat down to face questions from the feds, his sentences traveled winding paths through vague precincts to fog-filled destinations.

From Los Angeles Times

Harris still held strongholds in the neighborhood’s two other precincts, which bleed into Beverly Hills and Carthay Square, and tallied a total of 7,321 votes across the five.

From Los Angeles Times

Voters here prefer to vote in person at their neighborhood polling precincts and some are still getting used to receiving a ballot in the mail, Valadez said.

From Los Angeles Times

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a news conference that “about five to seven” precincts across the state received bomb threats early Tuesday from a “foreign state actor.”

From Los Angeles Times