provincial
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Hardly a week passes now without Beijing’s disciplinary apparatus claiming another senior official—military commanders, civilian bureaucrats, retired provincial party bosses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Numerous retired provincial leaders have now been investigated and imprisoned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Hadja Lahbib, the EU commissioner for crisis management, visited the provincial capital, Bunia, calling for humanitarian and health workers in the region to be guaranteed access to people in need.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Several Dutch provincial museums have been targeted in recent years because of the difficulty in providing adequate security for culturally significant artefacts.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
It did not raise the specter of intimidation as Manhattan did; it was intimate but not provincial, a city that might yet be kind to you.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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