provincial

Example Sentences

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I hope that dialogue between the Trump administration, state governors, Canada’s provincial premiers and the leader of the official opposition party will generate an improved economic partnership of mutual benefit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The BBC documentary was based on footage by a primary school events co-ordinator and videographer called Pavel Talankin in the small provincial town of Karabash in the Ural mountains.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

As the first foreign king to sit on its throne, John brought the provincial city its first taste of cosmopolitanism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Earlier this week, a group of First Nations leaders gathered at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton to call on the provincial premier, Danielle Smith, to quash any possible succession referendum.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

After a while, instead of the spectacular Mustafa, a lady appeared who had the unhappy, tidy air of a provincial aunt, dressed in a blue uniform with a starched white collar.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende