provincial

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These menswear staples—basics but for their deep social coding—are equally common in Tokyo’s Harajuku or Paris’s Bastille or even in the provincial towns of Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

While previous opposition leaders mustered crowds of a few dozen if they ventured out of Budapest, Magyar attracts hundreds in villages, and thousands or tens of thousands in provincial urban Fidesz strongholds.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

British Columbia made the U.N. declaration provincial law in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The RN also showed its strength in small provincial towns, with victories in Montargis, Carcassonne and La Seyne-sur-Mer, though it lost the mayoralty of Villers-Cotterets north of Paris.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

NM: Yes, that is what I am talking about, I am talking about Parliament and other government bodies of the country, the provincial councils, the municipal councils.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela