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Recent Examples of provinces
Adding another layer to the country’s plans is the fact that several Canadian provinces already have existing provincial sovereign wealth funds.
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Keely Bastow, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
Chad's eastern provinces have for several months been hosting refugees fleeing the war in Sudan and are facing increasing pressure on resources and security.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
But Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar pulled their overflight clearances; China insists that Taiwan is one of its provinces.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The event included more than 100 robot teams from 13 provinces, alongside about 12,000 human runners, showing how quickly this space is growing.
—Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Data shows that a scenario of persistent wetness, changes in winter and seasonal runoff is part of the future for Michigan and the other states and Canadian provinces along the Great Lakes Basin, as well as New England.
—The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, rich coal deposits stretched across northern Chinese provinces continue to feed power plants and backstop renewable supply, in a reminder that China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, has yet to kick its fossil fuel habit.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Seoul receives an average of 2,148 hours of sunshine annually, and Kim said provinces such as South Jeolla and Jeju Island receive 100 hours more than the capital.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Akbar expanded the boundaries of the empire through his military prowess and consolidated power through a centralized bureaucracy, reorganizing the empire into provinces (subas) and developing the mansabdari system, which tied rank, salary, and military obligation directly to imperial service.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
Keely Bastow, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
Chad's eastern provinces have for several months been hosting refugees fleeing the war in Sudan and are facing increasing pressure on resources and security.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
But Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar pulled their overflight clearances; China insists that Taiwan is one of its provinces.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The event included more than 100 robot teams from 13 provinces, alongside about 12,000 human runners, showing how quickly this space is growing.
—Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Data shows that a scenario of persistent wetness, changes in winter and seasonal runoff is part of the future for Michigan and the other states and Canadian provinces along the Great Lakes Basin, as well as New England.
—The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, rich coal deposits stretched across northern Chinese provinces continue to feed power plants and backstop renewable supply, in a reminder that China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, has yet to kick its fossil fuel habit.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Seoul receives an average of 2,148 hours of sunshine annually, and Kim said provinces such as South Jeolla and Jeju Island receive 100 hours more than the capital.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Akbar expanded the boundaries of the empire through his military prowess and consolidated power through a centralized bureaucracy, reorganizing the empire into provinces (subas) and developing the mansabdari system, which tied rank, salary, and military obligation directly to imperial service.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provinces
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On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Salisbury Mayor Randy Taylor said the city and county have not had a formal reimbursement agreement for Salisbury Fire Department service to county areas for several years.—
Josh Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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Homelessness continues to rise, basic infrastructure needs to be fixed or replaced and public safety departments need more resources.—
Rebecca Jones,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Measles crept into Utah and Arizona in June, with reports trickling into local health departments of patients coming to doctors and saying their children had just recovered from full-body rashes, and parents telling pediatricians that their whole family had just recovered from measles.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Anzac Day is a public holiday in both Australia and New Zealand, two Commonwealth realms where King Charles is head of state.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Those domains certainly could include baseball diamonds, basketball courts and gridirons.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The experience could drive Russian leaders to look to the space or cyber domains to find an edge.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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All kingdoms crumble, though, and after a decade-plus reign, the cupcake was left behind—an aging monarch overthrown by Dominique Ansel’s cronut, and the neophilic nature of social media feeds.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Let’s run through the whole sordid inventory of critters who have had unusual encounters with Kennedy—including denizens of several different animal kingdoms.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
16 Apr. 2026
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But because of seeing the phone on the surveillance video, police got a warrant to search Google's location data for all phones within about one-and-a-half football fields of the bank during the half-hour on either side of the robbery.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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California’s fertile farm fields once enticed thousands of Dust Bowl refugees fleeing along Route 66 during the Great Depression.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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For weeks, voices across Europe’s cultural and political spheres—including Italy’s culture minister—have urged Venice Biennale organizers to shutter the Russian Pavilion, as the country’s war against Ukraine remains ongoing.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Comments pose challenges to the gatekeeping office of a news medium but the opening up of these digital public spheres has given people an opportunity to address certain issues in an unfettered fashion.—
Shepherd Mpofu,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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While the home runs attract much of the attention, Getz is happy to see that Murakami drew a team-leading 21 walks heading into Friday’s game.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Samuel Isturiz tossed 5 2/3 innings and allowed four hits, two runs and three walks while recording two strikeouts for the Tigers.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Provinces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provinces. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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