the provinces
plural noun
: the parts of a country that are away from large cities
They left the city for life in the provinces.
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Galicia’s Senderos Azules is a network of walking paths to rival the oversubscribed Camino de Santiago; it was bolstered this year by the addition of seven new trails in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra, including paths along the Atlantic Coast and riverside trails inland.
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Fiona Govan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Prime Minister Sharif said the project would resume only with consensus from the provinces.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 8 July 2025
Next to the archery fields, around a dozen ger are set up for each of the provinces where camels are herded.
—Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
Among American art museums, there are haves and have-nots, with big-city, legacy galleries owning boatloads of great art--much of it in storage--and smaller, newer places in the provinces making do with nary a Renoir, Rothko, or Rembrandt.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 12 June 2025
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Fiona Govan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Prime Minister Sharif said the project would resume only with consensus from the provinces.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 8 July 2025
Next to the archery fields, around a dozen ger are set up for each of the provinces where camels are herded.
—Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
Among American art museums, there are haves and have-nots, with big-city, legacy galleries owning boatloads of great art--much of it in storage--and smaller, newer places in the provinces making do with nary a Renoir, Rothko, or Rembrandt.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 12 June 2025
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“The provinces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20provinces. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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