as in small
not broad or open in views or opinions
the parochial pastimes of the people in that rural farm town
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Recent Examples of parochial
Nation-states and their parochial identities would give way to an interdependent and cosmopolitan future.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
This may seem like an impossible task in a world where politics is becoming more divisive, foreign policy more parochial, and social media bubbles more impenetrable.
—Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
For more than a century, religious education had been deeply entrenched in the state; in Cleveland, the parochial system was one of the largest in the country.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
Columbus Today Columbus is no longer the parochial, third-tier Midwestern city big dreamers must leave in order to fulfil their potential.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
This may seem like an impossible task in a world where politics is becoming more divisive, foreign policy more parochial, and social media bubbles more impenetrable.
—Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
For more than a century, religious education had been deeply entrenched in the state; in Cleveland, the parochial system was one of the largest in the country.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
Columbus Today Columbus is no longer the parochial, third-tier Midwestern city big dreamers must leave in order to fulfil their potential.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parochial
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Sitting in his idling pickup one afternoon, Sherlock watched as a Canadian Pacific train rumbled by the grain elevator in the small town of Wimbledon.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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His 2024 numbers and also 2025 spring training numbers are both very small sample sizes, so the jury is still out on Warren.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That sketch, coming just before the episode’s closing performance by Cypress Hill, was the hour’s peak, containing all the promise of petty obsessions afforded airtime in a chorus of besuited actors shouting a monologue as one.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2025
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This isn’t to say the vigilante trans group in the new world is free of petty catfights.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The historically narrow majority that Republicans hold in the House of Representatives means this opposition will probably continue.—
Justin Peck / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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Rubrik beat Wall Street’s expectations, posting an adjusted loss of 18 cents per share for its fourth quarter, which was narrower than the 39 cent loss expected from analysts polled by LSEG.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
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In Katy Hays' Saltwater, out March 25 from Ballantine Books, the insular superrich Lingate family is haunted by the 1992 death of Sarah Lingate, found dead below the cliffs of Capri and leaving behind her toddler Helen.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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The job of marketing Chicago as a national tech player and serving as a fulcrum for what can be an insular world is critical and isn’t a luxury the city can afford to do without.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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The province's chief minister, Sarfraz Bugti, told a provincial assembly that troops killed all insurgents involved.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Others were taken to Quetta, the provincial capital, about 62 miles away.—
Abdul Sattar and Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For half a century, Hafez al-Assad and his son, Bashar, ruled Syria ruthlessly, enduring wars, rebellions, and uprisings while stoking sectarian fears to deter calls for change.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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The ongoing clashes have prompted reports of around 1,400 civilians killed, mostly Alawites, across the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, as well as the outskirts of Hama and Homs, in some of the worst sectarian bloodshed of the entire civil war.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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One 2019 study from researchers at Florida Gulf Coast University and West Virginia University found little evidence that CDFI funding significantly boosts small business activity.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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And despite the dynamic, positive feedback of the recovery, there is little evidence of fresh dollar inflows at this point.—
Guy Petcho,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Parochial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parochial. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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