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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The majority of cases have been detected in Bunia, the capital of the Ituri province, with cases also recorded in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, health officials noted. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 July 2026 The Congolese government confirmed this month that Ebola had reached the provinces of Tshopo and Haut-Uele. — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 23 July 2026 Secessionist uprisings in the provinces like Tatarstan or Bashkortistan or Chechnya. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued travel health notices for both the Congo and Uganda, advising Americans to avoid nonessential travel to the provinces surrounding the outbreak location. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for the provinces

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