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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Pakistan had dismissed as propaganda a statement by Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Wednesday that the airstrikes in the provinces of Khost, Kunar and Paktika had killed 13 civilians — 11 children, one woman and one man. —

ABC News, 11 June 2026 According to Cubadebate, a Cuban state media outlet, the tremor was felt in the provinces of Pinar del Río and Havana and on the Isle of Youth. —

Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026 The vineyards lie in the Canavese, on the sandy, pebbly slopes of the Ivrea morainic amphitheatre, a vast glacial relief north of Turin that spills into the provinces of Biella and Vercelli. —

Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 The discovery was made in the provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for the provinces

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