- plural of province.
provinces
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Iraq on Wednesday shut the Sheeb border point, which connects the two countries’ biggest oil provinces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
However, fierce fighting is continuing there, as well as around the besieged government-controlled city of Taiz, and to the north in Marib, al-Jawf, Dhale and Shabwa provinces.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
He is represented in Ottawa by a governor general and in the provinces by lieutenant governors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
He pledged to work with the provinces on “more solutions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
For hours she watched the rapid sequence of textures that flapped like streamers outside her window: vast latifimdios, provinces of royal palms, black mountains encircled with clouds.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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