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precinct

[pree-singkt] / ˈpri sɪŋkt /


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This process created a rare island of higher ground in what is now the east/south-east section of the temple precinct.

From Science Daily

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

From The Wall Street Journal

But Ms. Machado led the opposition strategy to get out the vote and capture images of voter tally-sheets at each precinct at the end of the day.

From The Wall Street Journal

Officers took him to a local precinct before transferring him to a police station more than 200 miles away in Nairobi.

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