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a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a legal question outside the doctor's province
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Recent Examples of province
In response to Yanukovych’s downfall, abetted by American meddling to some greater or lesser extent, Putin moved into Crimea and aided rebels in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas provinces in their armed struggle against the new pro-Western Ukrainian regime.
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Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Nearly half of Spain's provinces were hit by intense flash floods, prompting over 200 emergency calls, hospital evacuations, and a Delta flight to turn back due to hail damage.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Chinese companies still rely on furniture heartlands like Shandong and Fujian province, the latter of which is a bamboo producing area.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
Pontianak, capital city of Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, shares its name with a fearsome monster from Malay folklore, known variously as Pontianak or Kuntilanak.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 July 2025
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Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Nearly half of Spain's provinces were hit by intense flash floods, prompting over 200 emergency calls, hospital evacuations, and a Delta flight to turn back due to hail damage.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Chinese companies still rely on furniture heartlands like Shandong and Fujian province, the latter of which is a bamboo producing area.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
Pontianak, capital city of Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, shares its name with a fearsome monster from Malay folklore, known variously as Pontianak or Kuntilanak.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for province
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Friday, July 25 8 p.m. ET: Great White Reign of Terror - In South Africa, two people are killed by great whites near the eastern cape, an area that hasn’t seen an attack in decades.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The affiliated Minnesota Disability Law Center has two additional offices in Duluth and Mankato, with an outreach coordinator in the Crookston area.—
Lauren Breunig,
Twin Cities,
20 July 2025
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Employers believe that workers in specific departments, like sales and marketing (85%) and human resources (78%), will derive significant value from AI implementation.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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If the measure is approved by city commissioners, police officers could receive a maximum of $250 in bonuses per shift for stops in Worthington Hills, a 0.3-square-mile city of about 1,500 residents off Westport Road that does not have its own police department.—
Josh Wood,
The Courier-Journal,
15 July 2025
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The Dreck Equation is an appeal to policymakers to recognize that unwarranted regulation of every sort, not just notice and comment but realms beyond can sacrifice startups, employment and wealth creation.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Spoelstra said a fourth-year leap with the 6-foot-10 forward certainly is within the realm.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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These children show difficulties across almost every domain: language, cognition, behavior.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Second, the challenge the hybrid device would have to sign would be bound to the domain of the fake site (here okta[.]login-request[.]com) and not the genuine Okta.com domain.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
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Plaintiff Phone Discovery: Critical Strategic Elements Successful phone discovery requires understanding several strategic elements that can significantly improve outcomes: The Education Component: Many resistance issues stem from genuine misunderstanding about what cell phone forensics involves.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Dress-up, of course, is a traditional element of ocean voyaging.—
Guy Trebay,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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Because once somebody is in the kingdom, things can happen to them, and the Western press doesn't really know.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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Over the same period, Saudi Arabia’s citizens gained visa-free access to four countries, bringing its total to 91 countries, which lifts the kingdom four places to No. 54.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Baseball’s technical folks put three-dimensional images on the Truist Park field of the Los Angeles Dodgers players at their positions from that night of April 8, 1974 at old Atlanta Fulton County Stadium.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The Eli Lilly Foundation is awarding Indianapolis Public Schools a $5.5 million grant to be used over the next five years to expose and better prepare students for entry into STEM fields.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
15 July 2025
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The city earned a bike score of 57.6 and walk score of 61.5 — the latter being nearly 12 points higher than Madison's walk score.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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The resort’s white-sand Rosa Marina beach club (with Blue Flag ranking, lifeguards, loungers and umbrellas) is a short walk from the hotel, but guests can also take a trolley to get to the sea.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Province.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/province. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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