provincial

Example Sentences

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For the Mother Tree Project, Ms. Simard and her colleagues worked with provincial and indigenous authorities, as well as forestry executives, to establish nine test sites across a range of climatic regions in British Columbia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

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

Now rulings by courts, the provincial government and Ottawa may undermine the sanctity of their contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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