parochial
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“It was very parochial in Philadelphia, part Rust Belt and part ‘Sopranos,’ ” Witte said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
The outbreak, predictably, was especially bad in private and parochial schools with high numbers of unvaccinated students.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
Moments later, he says that “it’s the defense of universal values that will hold the country together, and the emphasis on parochial or group values that will break it apart inevitably.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Celtic should be way, way beyond such parochial thinking.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
A more general and surely less parochial view was that his face had been just barely saved from too-handsomeness, not to say gorgeousness, by virtue of one ear’s protruding slightly more than the other.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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