bailiwick
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Guernsey's Healthier Weight Strategy estimated more than 57% of adults in the bailiwick are overweight or obese, while it found almost a third of Year 5 children were living with excess weight.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But he has intervened in reviews and jettisoned other drugs that fall outside his bailiwick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
They are already reportedly chafing at the Musk "DOGE" contraption since budgeting really is their bailiwick and they want to do the cutting themselves.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024
Its abilities were astonishing — and squarely in the bailiwick of people who generate content, such as advertising copy and blog posts, for a living.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
“Yeah. That’s the way we been asked to play it. Bernie here—it’s his bailiwick, his jurisdiction, as the saying goes, right Bernie?”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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