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providence

[prov-i-duhns] / ˈprɒv ɪ dəns /
NOUN
divine government
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It strengthened cooperation among Great Lakes states that work with two Canadian providences to manage water from the lakes effectively, monitor its use and prevent it from leaving the basin.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

With the confirmation of the disease in Idaho in 2021, it has now spread to at least 27 states and two Canadian providences.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2022

Since then, it has spread to at least 25 states and two Canadian providences.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2021

He saw his exile not as punishment, but as a sign of God's "many providences."

From Time Magazine Archive

The new attitude to evidence, which Sprat had praised as ‘this Inquiring, this scrupulous, this incredulous Temper’, had encouraged a general scepticism of miracles, providences and witchcraft.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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