province
Example Sentences
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While home births were once the province of counterculture hippies, Los Angeles doula Rebecca Richter said she’d been hearing from women of all walks of life “who desire more than the system is giving them.”
Bolzano and neighbouring province Trento were granted the status of autonomous areas in 1972, and in South Tyrol multiculturalism is protected by law.
From Barron's
Mobile internet service across the province has been jammed for more than 24 hours, while road traffic is disrupted and train services suspended.
From Barron's
The five-year parliament, which sits twice a year, has 45 members: 30 representing three traditional provinces, 10 representing five religious traditions, and five representing the diaspora.
From Barron's
Balochistan is also the richest Pakistani province in terms of natural resources, including gas and minerals.
From BBC
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