Thesaurus results for PROVINCES

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 Fashion represents 5 percent of industrial production in Italy and there are 47 provinces with production hubs linked to fashion in the country. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 The warning came despite signs of improvement in other provinces, including Ituri, the outbreak’s epicenter. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 It was named after the Emperor Hadrian, who toured the northern provinces of Germany and Britain in 121–122 to consolidate the empire’s frontiers. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026 The campaign was expected to cover 14 health zones in Tshopo, Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele provinces. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026 Last week, officials in Congo said the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record had now spread to seven provinces in the African country, and was showing no signs of slowing down. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said on Sunday the investigations, coordinated by prosecutors in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Aydin and Mersin, involved 162 suspects, nine associations and 13 businesses across 15 provinces. — CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026 Three main provinces—Castellón, Valencia, and Alicante—each have a distinct identity that helps define the region. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

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Noun

By Monday morning, waves began to crash and flood coastal areas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Separated into two areas, the first is the mellow bar (for pre and post-spa cocktails, mocktails, and detox juices) and four quirky pink manicure pods that look like disjointed train carriages.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of areas

Noun

The nationwide network is accessible to customers, which include police departments, and has been credited with helping solve crimes.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Requests for comment were sent to the departments named as defendants in the wide-ranging lawsuit.

— Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of departments

Noun

Funke, as a whole, keeps fine-tuning in both the savory and sweet realms.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, the Smithsonian underwent a political awakening during the 2020 upheaval over the COVID-19 pandemic and murder of George Floyd that echoed responses in academia and other progressive realms.

— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of realms

Noun

Another key potential of self-optimizing systems is expected to be superintelligence, where AI becomes cognitively smarter than humans across more and more domains.

— Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Complex domains demand established standards that cannot be short-circuited.

— Mo Husain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of domains

Noun

Although his kiss doesn’t break the curse in this retelling, his bravery and kindness help to unite the fairy and human kingdoms.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
Oyo, crowned at age 3 and celebrated worldwide as a child monarch, is being mourned by tens of thousands in a remote border city, underscoring the enduring influence of Uganda’s traditional kingdoms.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of kingdoms

Noun

With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of British troops crisscrossed fields with thousands of metres of razor wire and dug a long ditch that was later partially filled with water to act as a moat to keep the Protestant marchers away from the Catholic enclave.

— Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of fields

Noun

Or rather, an emotional problem that was managed through food and, consequently, a sense of the violence directed at obese bodies and all that this entails in various spheres.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Perfect circles, balls, spheres adrift somewhere in her imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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