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Recent Examples of provinces
About 8,000 people died from that quake and tsunami waves of up to 8 to 10 meters (26 to 33 feet) that engulfed several towns and provinces, Bacolcol said.
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ABC News, 9 June 2026
About 8,000 people died from that quake and tsunami waves of up to 26 to 33 feet that engulfed several towns and provinces, Bacolcol said.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Residents felt the earthquake tremors in Indonesia's North Sulawesi and North Maluku provinces.
—CBS News, 7 June 2026
The Vetrivier flows through the Free State and North West provinces.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 4 June 2026
Inspired by a wild village league where livestock are awarded as prizes, Suchao has become so popular that other provinces are now replicating its model.
—Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Another perk of moving to Italy in retirement is that the country has a flat seven percent tax on income for new retiree residents who move to the central Abruzzo provinces of L'Aquila, Chieti, Pescara, and Teramo.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
The rapidly escalating Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was confirmed on May 17 in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.
—Jane Weaver, NBC news, 29 May 2026
For several months after Hurricane Melissa hammered the island’s eastern provinces in 2025, Washington supported smaller humanitarian shipments to Cuba.
—Dulce Suarez, The Conversation, 28 May 2026
ABC News, 9 June 2026
About 8,000 people died from that quake and tsunami waves of up to 26 to 33 feet that engulfed several towns and provinces, Bacolcol said.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Residents felt the earthquake tremors in Indonesia's North Sulawesi and North Maluku provinces.
—CBS News, 7 June 2026
The Vetrivier flows through the Free State and North West provinces.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 4 June 2026
Inspired by a wild village league where livestock are awarded as prizes, Suchao has become so popular that other provinces are now replicating its model.
—Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Another perk of moving to Italy in retirement is that the country has a flat seven percent tax on income for new retiree residents who move to the central Abruzzo provinces of L'Aquila, Chieti, Pescara, and Teramo.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
The rapidly escalating Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was confirmed on May 17 in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.
—Jane Weaver, NBC news, 29 May 2026
For several months after Hurricane Melissa hammered the island’s eastern provinces in 2025, Washington supported smaller humanitarian shipments to Cuba.
—Dulce Suarez, The Conversation, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provinces
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The 6th Congressional District, which mostly consists of areas in Sacramento and Placer counties, is supposed to be a safe blue seat under the new boundaries passed with Proposition 50.—
Mathew Miranda
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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State workers from six departments were bestowed with California’s highest honor for public employees who have performed daring rescues in extreme conditions, including floods, wildfires and active shooter incidents.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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The acquisition is a trust pitch aimed straight at cautious IT departments, and the timing is no accident.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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In our increasingly fragmented media environment, sports remains one of the last realms in which massive global audiences gather together in real time.—
Sam Jacobs,
Time,
9 June 2026
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The roughly $850 million project covers both the political and personal realms of the nation’s first Black president.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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But, unlike armies of antiquity, modern armies depend on an extraordinarily complex web of fuel, ammunition, spare parts, maintenance crews, communications, transport, and increasingly autonomous systems operating across multiple domains simultaneously.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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Yet that’s exactly what happens when leaders default to protecting their own domains.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Set in 2093, the film follows young filmmaker Kuve (Abraham Joseph) who travels to the remote village of Umata to document the aftermath of a devastating war that outlawed post-2040s technology and brought ancient kingdoms back to life.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
1 June 2026
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Scrap Theory intervenes in the fields of Black archival studies, motherhood studies and feminist studies, and literary studies by asking how Black women deliberately document their experiences with dispossession through artistic engagement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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From a castle built by a Sherlock Holmes actor in Connecticut to lava fields in Idaho that helped train astronauts, these destinations showcase the beauty, ingenuity and delightful weirdness that make the United States unique.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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With floured hands, shape the dough into 15 evenly-sized spheres.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 June 2026
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Craig points out that, unlike when creatives from other entertainment spheres like live theater get filmmaking opportunities, content creators come to Hollywood having cultivated an interactive relationship with an engaged fan base.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Mason Englert pitched four shutout innings and gave up four hits and two walks.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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The Dodgers staked him to a nice five-run lead, driving Pirates starter Mitch Keller from the game with 13 baserunners in the first four innings – seven hits, four walks and two hit batters.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
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“Provinces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provinces. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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