precinct
Example Sentences
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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.
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Australia is investing billions of dollars in the base and a maintenance precinct nearby.
It’s unfashionable in many precincts to admit it, but the market for precious metals still sends useful signals every once in a while.
That these films now look so striking and preserve, as if in time capsules, both Paris and less urban Gallic precincts only increases their worth.
In June 2020 Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle described the occupied protest around her city’s east police precinct as “a summer of love.”
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