the provinces
plural noun
: the parts of a country that are away from large cities
They left the city for life in the provinces.
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On a trip to Asia last fall, the California governor reached similar agreements with China, the provinces of Guangdong and Jiangsu, and the municipalities of Beijing and Shanghai.
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Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Families are also known to congregate at cemeteries to pay respect to deceased mothers, aunts, and grandmothers – particularly those who live in the provinces outside of the capital of Lima, said Gonzales.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 May 2024
Trouble is, the populace is restless, the provinces fractious, and the tribes growing - all equally expect patronage to flow their way in return for the Barzanis keeping their grip on power.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
In past decades, the court had at least occasionally stood up for personal freedoms, and for the rights of the provinces, acting as a modest brake on the arbitrary exercise of state power.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Exiled from Moscow to the provinces, he was arrested again in 1938 and died, of uncertain causes, in a transit camp.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
There are also Canadian locations in the provinces of Ontario and Ottawa.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
About 25 miles in the distance, Mount Amiata looms, an extinct volcano set between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto and the source of the hot springs.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
Newsom is visiting Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and the provinces of Guangdong and Jiangsu.
—Huizhong Wu, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Families are also known to congregate at cemeteries to pay respect to deceased mothers, aunts, and grandmothers – particularly those who live in the provinces outside of the capital of Lima, said Gonzales.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 May 2024
Trouble is, the populace is restless, the provinces fractious, and the tribes growing - all equally expect patronage to flow their way in return for the Barzanis keeping their grip on power.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
In past decades, the court had at least occasionally stood up for personal freedoms, and for the rights of the provinces, acting as a modest brake on the arbitrary exercise of state power.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Exiled from Moscow to the provinces, he was arrested again in 1938 and died, of uncertain causes, in a transit camp.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
There are also Canadian locations in the provinces of Ontario and Ottawa.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
About 25 miles in the distance, Mount Amiata looms, an extinct volcano set between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto and the source of the hot springs.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
Newsom is visiting Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and the provinces of Guangdong and Jiangsu.
—Huizhong Wu, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
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“The provinces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20provinces. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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