provincial
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Canada Nickel said that with the federal decision secured, it can continue to push ahead with detailed engineering, project financing, and work to gain remaining provincial and federal permits needed to start construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The patient, a local farmer, had been selling cassava to traders from Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri and the center of the current outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Smoke from blazes in northwestern Ontario has filtered down to Toronto, the provincial capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Mukdahan provincial governor Worayan Bunnarat said the case should serve as a wider warning for road safety in Thailand.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He was one of Herat’s best-connected men, friend of the mayor and the provincial governor.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Living in isolated colonies far removed from the received political wisdom of Europe, these provincials were free to experiment with fresh ideas, such as the then-radical notion of sovereignty divided between national and state governments.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2020
They were inconspicuous, dressed like Russian provincials in parkas and tennis shoes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2018
Young German provincials such as the philosophers Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Johann Gottfried von Herder—the fathers, respectively, of economic and cultural nationalism—simmered with resentment toward cosmopolitan universalists.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 25, 2016
When it comes to literature, Americans really are provincials.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2012
He knew how well the provincials were arming, preparing to welcome him.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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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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