provincial
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In 2019, he assisted the campaigns of several leftist Peronist candidates in provincial races in Argentina, and later founded his own consultancy, Numen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
About 30 percent of police stations still lack their own devices, a senior officer in the provincial capital Peshawar told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
They steal electricity cables, damage water pipes and dig up roads, said Michael Sun, a member of the provincial legislature in Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Nevertheless, she committed herself to painting and enrolled in a Kyoto art school in 1948 to study the traditional Nihonga style, but found its strictures provincial and stifling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Lincoln was a clever, gangly, pugnacious, provincial lawyer.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Foreigners themselves were categorized into different groups, including free provincials, or peregrini, who were not Roman citizens; army recruits; and those living beyond the Roman border.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
The characters’ hard-won wisdom, a theme throughout Rousseau’s novels and other works, made them as popular with Kant, in Königsberg, as with quietly desperate provincials throughout Europe.
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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