provincial
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The implicit rule was that provincial party chiefs had earned the party’s protection after retirement.
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
His novel “The Damned Utd,” based on Brian Clough’s disastrous 44 days managing Leeds United in 1974, captures the texture of an English provincial city of the era, all shabby hotels, beer and highways.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The practice was condemned by the former provincial health minister at the time.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Here, her father would seem crass, with his unnecessary big words, and her mother provincial and small.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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