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 Three main provinces—Castellón, Valencia, and Alicante—each have a distinct identity that helps define the region. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 Quickly identifying and tracing the contacts of those who had come in contact with Ebola patients remains challenging across the six provinces affected. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Recent weeks have witnessed a surge in cases, with two new health zones affected last week in North Kivu, where the fatality rate is much higher than in the rest of the affected provinces. — Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Other provinces and cities have only a few dozen minister-level cadres. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Sprawling facilities are springing up in cities and provinces across China – including Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Tianjin, Anhui, and Fujian – as local governments and manufacturing firms join forces to train humanoid robots. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026 But the lack of progress on the major metal and auto tariffs, combined with a backlash from the Canadian provinces themselves, forced that concession off the table as well. — Kent Jones, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Only two of Canada’s 10 provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, are still selling American alcoholic beverages. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Ready for some season predictions, areas of concern, a fair look down the road and an honest glimpse at what’s right in front of the Browns?

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The sterile fly program complements efforts to monitor wildlife, inspect animals and work with ranchers in areas where the fly has been spotted to encourage regular checks for infestations.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of areas

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In Thurman’s case, despite clear signs of an ectopic pregnancy, two emergency departments sent her home without resolving the complication.

— Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors amended its current budget to add nearly $3 million to the District Attorney’s Office, and also to give some money back to several other services in other departments.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of departments

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Quiñones, an artist known as @skullsqwat and stylist to It-girl supreme and rock-star newlywed Gabbriette (known to her as Gabi), dwells in many realms.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Yet Parton’s willingness to move among musical genres and other realms of entertainment, and to try just about anything, was part of her genius.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of realms

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The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
The empire did not expand further and eventually fragmented into smaller kingdoms.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of kingdoms

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September transforms open fields, roadsides and mountain meadows into bold, vivid landscapes of brilliant yellows, purples, reds, whites and other hues.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
These rules exactly correspond to the monotone Boolean functions—a function type crucial in fields such as cryptography and voting theory.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of fields

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the bridge should spur development between the two countries in various spheres — including tourism — and create new jobs.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Both women recognized that fully realizing the aspirations and talents of women and girls also requires valuing the virtues and qualities that men and boys contribute, in the private and public spheres.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of spheres

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Then came the bottom of the ninth, which produced five more walks … two more singles … four more runs … a 10-9 game … and then this 102 mph rocket to right.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Cardinals reliever George Soriano loaded the bases with a leadoff walk to Hernández and consecutive two-out walks to pinch-hitter Max Muncy and Kyle Tucker in the eighth before pinch-hitter Dalton Rushing went down swinging.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

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