parochial

Example Sentences

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His main example to demonstrate this on the right, as far as I can tell, is voucher systems, charter networks and parochial institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

The outbreak, predictably, was especially bad in private and parochial schools with high numbers of unvaccinated students.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

We have been able to build and maintain global alliances because other countries trusted that they were dealing with a nation that was not simply driven by its own parochial interests and bottom line.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

Instead it said "most gangs in the Caribbean" were "typically parochial, and focused instead on protecting their territory".

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

I looked back on that young man who had left Mqhekezweni as a naive and parochial fellow who had seen very little of the world.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela