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precinct

[pree-singkt] / ˈpri sɪŋkt /


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She also dominated the Westwood precinct that includes UCLA, winning 56% of the vote in one precinct, compared with Bass’ 19% and Pratt’s 10%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Bass and Raman also split a downtown Los Angeles precinct with 199 votes each, though Raman carried much of the rest of downtown, which Bass won in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

As he emerges through the doorway into the precinct outside, his friends laugh.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Shakespeare's Blackfriars property was thought to have been part of "the Great Gate" over the entrance to the Blackfriars precinct, a major 13th-century Dominican friary.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

At police precinct station houses, people being questioned were leaving by side entrances.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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