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province

[prov-ins] / ˈprɒv ɪns /


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“By the time we were done, we had planted 225,000 trees across an area the size of Denmark, from the rugged interior of the province to the lush rainforests of the West Coast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The local prosecutor's office in the Kahramanmaras province said in a statement that the suspect had planned for the attack in advance.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Hui, also known as Xu Jiayin, founded Evergrande in 1996 in China’s southern province of Guangdong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

"Xu Jiayin pleaded guilty and expressed remorse in court," the statement from the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in southern Guangdong province said, without elaborating further.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

This is in a small town in Jiangsu province, outside Shanghai, a place of dusty shops and rutted roads, of timber and clay — a place where every noise has a known source.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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