parochial
Example Sentences
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The bulk of it is expected to go to private and parochial schools, though some public-school costs will be eligible.
His main example to demonstrate this on the right, as far as I can tell, is voucher systems, charter networks and parochial institutions.
“It was very parochial in Philadelphia, part Rust Belt and part ‘Sopranos,’ ” Witte said.
From Los Angeles Times
We have been able to build and maintain global alliances because other countries trusted that they were dealing with a nation that was not simply driven by its own parochial interests and bottom line.
From Salon
He called the party "parochial, not political" and described them as a "party without a vision".
From BBC
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