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precinct

[pree-singkt] / ˈpri sɪŋkt /


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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

In the shopping precinct, the glass door of the convenience store is shattered.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Pinzari said the parade and precinct were not what they used to be.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

In 2008, however, Humboldt election officials discovered that software they used to tally votes had failed to count 197 ballots from one precinct.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

A herd of reporters stampeded toward Hayes and Caputo, and then followed the cop cars and crime-scene vans on foot, shouting for attention as the police vehicles took off toward the precinct on West Eighty-second.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson




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