precinct
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The vast space, dominated by the splendid Metropolitan Cathedral, was once the Aztecs’ sacred precinct, the ceremonial core of their religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Long walked into the 10th Street precinct carrying a copy of the newspaper and, after four hours of interviews, was sent home.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
So we’re still trying to figure out exactly how detailed we’re going to be able to zoom in, at the neighborhood level and the precinct level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
As the local school finishes for the day, scores of youngsters fill the shopping precinct.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Somehow even then I knew that meeting would lead me here, to the precinct.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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The offender receives a criminal behaviour order and is banned from specific areas, including shops or precincts, with police monitoring for any breaches.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It requires precincts to opt in, and only catches abuse after it happens.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Even the most patchouli-infested precincts of the most fervently peacenik campuses would not have dared to hope for what the two leaders tried to agree to: full elimination of nuclear arms on both sides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Another shopper, Martin, says he's "very concerned" whenever he sees them racing through precincts: "An accident's almost inevitable."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Their predecessors in this included the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hittites, who all kept significant archives of clay cuneiform tablets in their palaces and temple precincts.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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