precinct
(UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
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Born ~1450 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Traffic chaos around Cheltenham Station again for the evening peak. Bus priority in and out of the station precinct should be mandatory when rail shutdowns happen.
05/05/2026 02:44 / RPD Precinct 1 113B7 / BREAK & ENTER , JUST OCCURRED / IN-PROGRESS - 1800-BLK WILLIAMSBURG RD Arrived #rva
Precinct: 4-1 9 candidates ranked. Rankings: Azeem, Klein, McGuirk, McGovern, Siddiqui, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Simmons, Pierre, Wilson Vote was counted for: Azeem This ballot is unique; 375 ranked the same candidates.
Egads, I though traffic around Cheltenham Station was bad. It’s worse trying to get into the Mentone Station precinct. And horrendous on approach to Mordialloc. Trains really are efficient works of magic, aren’t they.…
Precinct: 8-3 12 candidates ranked. Rankings: Azeem, McGovern, Siddiqui, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Totten, Al-Zubi, Hsu, Klein, Pierre, Walker, Brown, Nolan Vote was counted for: Azeem Identical ballots: 15; 121 ranked the sa…
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(UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
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(chiefly, in the plural) The general area surrounding a place, environs.
“Traffic chaos around Cheltenham Station again for the evening peak. Bus priority in and out of the station precinct should be mandatory when rail shutdowns happen.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“05/05/2026 02:44 / RPD Precinct 1 113B7 / BREAK & ENTER , JUST OCCURRED / IN-PROGRESS - 1800-BLK WILLIAMSBURG RD Arrived #rva”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Precinct: 4-1 9 candidates ranked. Rankings: Azeem, Klein, McGuirk, McGovern, Siddiqui, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Simmons, Pierre, Wilson Vote was counted for: Azeem This ballot is unique; 375 ranked the same candidates.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Egads, I though traffic around Cheltenham Station was bad. It’s worse trying to get into the Mentone Station precinct. And horrendous on approach to Mordialloc. Trains really are efficient works of magic, aren’t they. Long live heavy rail transit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Precinct: 8-3 12 candidates ranked. Rankings: Azeem, McGovern, Siddiqui, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Totten, Al-Zubi, Hsu, Klein, Pierre, Walker, Brown, Nolan Vote was counted for: Azeem Identical ballots: 15; 121 ranked the same candidates.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, in the plural) An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
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