provincial

Example Sentences

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Now rulings by courts, the provincial government and Ottawa may undermine the sanctity of their contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

But a provincial official appeared to scotch such suggestions, telling AFP: "There are no security alerts of any kind".

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

It did not raise the specter of intimidation as Manhattan did; it was intimate but not provincial, a city that might yet be kind to you.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie