provincial

Example Sentences

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The new legislation, which sparked protestes, puts provincial governments in charge of identifying protected glaciers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The RN also showed its strength in small provincial towns, with victories in Montargis, Carcassonne and La Seyne-sur-Mer, though it lost the mayoralty of Villers-Cotterets north of Paris.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

As the first foreign king to sit on its throne, John brought the provincial city its first taste of cosmopolitanism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Earlier this week, a group of First Nations leaders gathered at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton to call on the provincial premier, Danielle Smith, to quash any possible succession referendum.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

They looked the same, but the dignity she remembered was gone, and left instead something small, a provincial eagerness.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie