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 Israel has erected military outposts and launched strikes, raids and incursions in Quneitra and Daraa provinces, which straddle the buffer zone. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026 Many lie within what became Rome's North African provinces, a region that produced some of the empire's wealthiest and most impressive cities. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026 Twenty months of liquor retaliation between the United States and Canada have cost distillers in both countries, cost provinces revenue and narrowed what people on both sides of the border can pour. — Lars Hanson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026 At age eleven, along with other top local players handpicked by French Basketball Federation scouts, Ayayi competed in a tournament against the best players from neighboring provinces. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026 Several polls suggest the party’s remaining support is increasingly concentrated in smaller towns and rural provinces as opposition parties make deeper inroads in the biggest cities that drive Africa’s largest economy. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026 In Congo, the disease has spread to 66 health zones across eight provinces, from three zones when it was first declared in May. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 Congo has reported cases across eight provinces, including Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Tshopo. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026 Typhoon Champi is threatening the port recovery that eastern China had only just started to record, with ferry suspensions and maritime emergency responses already in force across Shanghai and the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces Friday. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Chain O’Lakes sewer lines McFarlane described three general areas for the project, totaling about 5,400 homes and businesses.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Baseball and basketball, in particular, have been areas of focus for Sure Sports, though McKenzie did not name any specific clients, citing confidentiality.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of areas

Noun

Swatting calls are usually made to police departments or courthouses, Heinze explains.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026
Before that, Darchiev headed the Foreign Ministry’s departments of North America and the North Atlantic; served as ambassador to Canada; and was a minister-counselor at the Washington embassy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of departments

Noun

As the show and the character grew in popularity, the choice was made to take the Crypt Keeper out of the Crypt and into the many realms of Kassir’s talents.

— Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Harris was looking this summer for potential outside-the-box names to help with Terroir, and Chun suggested Jean-Pierre, aware of her connections and interest in new realms.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of realms

Noun

Oxygen helps stabilize tiny zirconia domains In the zirconia study, researchers found regions smaller than one square nanometer in which electrical polarization pointed in a consistent direction.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Enterprise environments span multiple technology domains and providers.

— Dilip Kumar, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of domains

Noun

Because in the moment of the rose’s existence, there is—however temporary and however short—that blissful perfection which stands in opposition to those corrupted kingdoms of this world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Ramsay created three similar pocket watches for James VI in the early 1600s, with the present example distinguished by four emblems on the case edge that are associated with the kingdoms of Scotland, England, Ireland and France under the king.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of kingdoms

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The initiative is expected to bring 750 jobs to the region across fields including quantum computing, cybersecurity and data science.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
What readers are saying The conversation explores the challenges and frustrations faced by job seekers, particularly in fields impacted by AI and automation.

— Adeline Von Drehle, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of fields

Noun

More hours spent with screens close to our faces and fewer hours in natural light are changing the shape of our eyeballs, elongating the spheres from front to back.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Other new displays include Lightwave, an immersive tunnel of moving and fixed chrome spheres; Cosmic Garden, a glowing hillside inspired by meditative sand gardens; and Fairy Forest, featuring glowing orbs and illuminated mushrooms.

— Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of spheres

Noun

Advertisement Several short walks throughout the day can be more manageable than one long outing.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
The sketch show, which started on the radio, poked fun at British people from various walks of life via exaggerated parodies, making subjects like Vicky Pollard into household names.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

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