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bailiwick noun area, arena, authority, circle, district, domain, dominion, enclave, field, haunt, orbit, precinct, province, purlieu, realm, region, specialty, sphere, sway, territory, ward See also: domain, realm BAILIWICK. The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies
also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
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| They sit down and let us--and each other--know what's happening in their bailiwicks, and the others have a chance to ask questions. I, for one, have no doubt that the nanofication of American business is already well under way and that innumerable companies will soon begin attracting investors by assuring them that staggering nanotechnological breakthroughs in their corporate bailiwicks will soon occur. Enter the Internet, where we are sometimes hearing voices inaudible to the selective print world, to academic bailiwicks, commercial media, or established storytelling networks, formal and informal. |
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