provincial

At the top, 36 senior officials at the provincial or ministerial level and above were investigated or disciplined in the first half of this year alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Alberta's office responsible for overseeing provincial elections said the advance voting station in Wainwright had closed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Officials later found that dozens of provincial officials and hospital staff attempted to cover up the incident by tampering with blood tests and accepting bribes from a nursery investor.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

In practice, its ability to impose its will is circumscribed by deference to provincial and indigenous prerogatives, often enforced by courts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Here, her father would seem crass, with his unnecessary big words, and her mother provincial and small.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

He taxed provincials on the amount of olive oil they exported.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Naturally, to provincials in a military zone such as the one stretching south from Hadrian’s Wall, the implications tended to be alarming.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2019

In this novel, a motley band of provincials, army deserters, and disenchanted élites descend on Nigeria’s largest city, and story lines and twists abound.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018

During his 1917 second inaugural speech, for instance, Woodrow Wilson memorably declared "we are provincials no longer."

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2017

He knew how well the provincials were arming, preparing to welcome him.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes