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- noun Plural form of
presidium .
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Examples
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Then I wandered into the section devoted to the "presidia" -- the producers from all over the world whose products Slow Food has deemed endangered, whether by market forces or (in the case of, say, certain raw-milk cheeses) government harassment.
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Most of the 800 stands featured Italian delicacies - cured meats, bronze-cut pastas, thin bottles of grappa - but 100 foreign "presidia" Slow Food-speak for foodstuffs certified as artisanal and sustainably produced were also represented, from pink
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Most of the 800 stands featured Italian delicacies - cured meats, bronze-cut pastas, thin bottles of grappa - but 100 foreign "presidia" Slow Food-speak for foodstuffs certified as artisanal and sustainably produced were also represented, from pink
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Most of the 800 stands featured Italian delicacies - cured meats, bronze-cut pastas, thin bottles of grappa - but 100 foreign "presidia" Slow Food-speak for foodstuffs certified as artisanal and sustainably produced were also represented, from pink
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HOLMES: All right, presidia candidate, Barack Obama has wrapped his first ever visit to Afghanistan.
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