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[prov-ins] / ˈprɒv ɪns /


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US officials made unacceptable "threats" to the French language and "Quebec culture" too, he added, referring to eastern Canada's French-speaking province.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Carney was born in Fort Smith, a remote town in Canada's Northwest Territories, and was raised in Edmonton, Alberta, a province rich in hydrocarbons.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Ford, whose Ontario province is home to Canada's auto manufacturing industry, is open to how far the dispute could go and said that an "energy surcharge is on the table".

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Nepal has seen continued protests since the girl was found dead last week, three days after she went missing in Madhesh province.

From BBC Aug. 24, 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

Carney asked the provinces to restore US alcohol to the shelves during trade talks, but now that they have collapsed, it's likely the ban will return.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Some sectors and provinces are likely to bear more pain than others, they said, and persistent uncertainty over the future of the bilateral trading relationship could weigh on business confidence and hiring and investment decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Since 2004, a low-level conflict has simmered in the southernmost provinces of Buddhist-majority Thailand, as rebels in the Muslim-majority region battle for greater autonomy.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Many Canadian countertariffs have since been rolled back, although several provinces have maintained their retaliatory bans on U.S. wine and spirits.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

This, he thought with a sort of vague distaste—this was London, chief city of Airstrip One, itself the third most populous of the provinces of Oceania.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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