provincial
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Just for openers, he could ponder why a world-class opera house has started slipping into provincial status.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
If a project shoots in Manitoba, for instance, the federal and provincial credits and uplifts can add up to more than 60%.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The change in the legislation will put provincial governments—eager to promote jobs and development—in charge of determining which glaciers should be protected by identifying those that are a source of water downstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
While previous opposition leaders mustered crowds of a few dozen if they ventured out of Budapest, Magyar attracts hundreds in villages, and thousands or tens of thousands in provincial urban Fidesz strongholds.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Everyone who lived here said those things: provincial, self-satisfied, boring.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing provincial
The Great Gatsby
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Grade 11, List 5
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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