provinces

noun

plural of province
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence a legal question outside the doctor's province

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Recent Examples of provinces The Perse version channels the country’s northern provinces along the Caspian Sea, which traditionally highlight a species of carp that swims in local waters. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Authorities have issued bear-hunting permits across eight provinces and are seeking to procure tranquilizer dart guns to support rangers in rural areas. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Rather, it was based on joint research by eight major trade union federations examining the actual living expenses of 422 workers from 28 factories in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 While cases have slowed in Ituri province, the epicenter, the outbreak is spreading in emerging hot spots in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 North Kivu’s case fatality rate of 58% is the highest among Congo’s seven affected provinces. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 Manak noted that Canadian provinces banned US alcohol only in response to threatened US tariffs. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 Along the way, visitors can learn about the Mi’kmaq, the Indigenous First Nations inhabitants of Canada’s Atlantic provinces; the French and English influence along the coast; and the region’s reliance on fishing. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Bangkok is among 41 provinces across Thailand hit by floods since September 16 that killed at least eight people and disrupted more than 580,000 homes, the ministry said. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provinces
  1. areas
  2. departments
  3. realms
  4. domains
  5. kingdoms
  6. fields
  7. spheres
  8. walks
Noun
  • Opponents worry that the changes would mean less money getting invested in rural housing, precisely when housing affordability issues are hitting those areas the hardest.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The driverless section will cover 219 miles, primarily along Interstate 45 between Kodiak facilities in the Dallas and Houston areas.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • The allegations come after the California Department of Human Resources sent a notice in February 2022 outlining that departments cannot approve employee requests to regularly work from out-of-state locations.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Major athletics departments instead spend toward sameness, waging arms races to build lookalike weight rooms.
    — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • His lack of experience in the realms of ballet, classical music, opera, and jazz, formerly the center’s mainstays, have concerned some onlookers.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — better known as ICANN — is accepting applications for new top-level domains.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • The agreement followed a long struggle between the Hittite and Egyptian kingdoms for control of territory in ancient Syria.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Like kingdoms of old, SaaS companies are sitting on treasure troves of data.
    — Srinivas Velamoor, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of kingdoms
Noun
  • On the other hand, hunger declined to historically unprecedented levels, food prices fell, life expectancy rose, and countless new industries emerged to absorb the workers no longer needed in the fields.
    — Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Floodwaters are beginning to impact farmland, woodlands, nurseries, parks, athletic fields, golf courses, greenways, and boat-access areas with up to 2 feet of inundation.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • The researchers encapsulated three commercially available dyes in tiny spheres of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a transparent plastic also known as plexiglass.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of spheres
Noun
  • Pao sometimes organizes walks in conjunction with craft markets, bookstores, or library events.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Lime Wood provides bicycles for all ages for rides in the forest, and wellies for walks and foraging expeditions.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks

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“Provinces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provinces. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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