provincial
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Hardly a week passes now without Beijing’s disciplinary apparatus claiming another senior official—military commanders, civilian bureaucrats, retired provincial party bosses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Numerous retired provincial leaders have now been investigated and imprisoned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Hadja Lahbib, the EU commissioner for crisis management, visited the provincial capital, Bunia, calling for humanitarian and health workers in the region to be guaranteed access to people in need.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
No, it is not the police dogs' annual convention, but the latest iteration of a feasting phenomenon that is sweeping provincial France.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
But young men didn't--at least in my provincial inexperience I believed they didn't--drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island Sound.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary lists containing provincial
The Great Gatsby
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Grade 11, List 5
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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