How to Use province in a Sentence

province

noun
  • They left the city for life in the provinces.
  • Since then saozi noodles have been a staple dish in the province.
    — Rachel Yang, Los Angeles Magazine, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The links to Usyk’s home province and country don’t stop there.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
  • All this comes after the royal couple's sporty first day in the province.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 28 Feb. 2019
  • Tens of thousands more have fled to calmer provinces near Khartoum.
    — Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Kandahar is one of the most volatile provinces in Afghanistan.
    — Fox News, 18 Oct. 2018
  • Treatment centers in the eastern provinces were burned to the ground.
    — Tyler Evans, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • And now Foegele, a Markham native, heads to his home province as well.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In March, one person in the province was killed and homes were torched, the news agency said.
    — Joe Sterling, CNN, 9 June 2018
  • Retirees can live on less than $1,800 per month in these provinces.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
  • Adana province opened three restaurants to survivors of the earthquakes.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • What's legal and available varies by country, state and province.
    — ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • What’s legal and available varies by country, state and province.
    — Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • Shanxi province is home to several coal mines that have been sites of accidents in the past.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
  • Support teams from the centre and nearby provinces are also on their way.
    — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Soldiers will be deployed in five of South Africa's nine provinces.
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • On the eastern edge of the province, whales ply the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
    — Outside Online, 25 July 2022
  • The realm of lust is rightly a province of my domain, the fourth circle, that of Greed.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The team had been among the top-performing in the province of Saskatchewan before the crash.
    — Kim MacKrael, WSJ, 6 July 2018
  • The government took control of the oil fields in Raqqa province.
    — Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The province, the size of Lebanon, has been the beating heart of the rebellion for years.
    — Fox News, 16 Sep. 2018
  • Both men served in Fujian province in the 1990s.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Shanxi province is known as China’s main coal mining province.
    — ABC News, 22 May 2026
  • Shanxi province is known as China’s main coal mining province.
    — ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • The remoteness of the towns in the province is partly a quirk of history.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Travelers are urged to stay alert and avoid high-risk provinces, while one region’s risk level has been eased.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Support teams from the capital and nearby provinces are also on their way.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Chen, based now in Beijing, grew up in a rural area of Hunan province.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Much like the rest of the world, the province has been dealing with soaring case numbers due to the omicron variant.
    — Dave Skretta, ajc, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Xi, as leader of the southern province of Guangdong, was at the forefront of that process.
    — Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025

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