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Pictou in a sentence
Pictou meaning
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Using Pictou
- The main meaning on this page is: A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- In the example corpus, pictou often appears in combinations such as: pictou county, the pictou, in pictou.
Context around Pictou
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pictou
- In this selection, "pictou" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colchester, isaac, college, county, lunenburg and antigonish stand out and add context to how "pictou" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pictou county man and antigonish colchester pictou lunenburg queens. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pictou" sits close to words such as acuity, admiralty and albertsons, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pictou
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Province commits $10.6 million to Pictou County’s High. (10 words)
A former mayor for the Town of Pictou has died. (10 words)
The Pictou County Scotians will tangle with the Eskasoni Junior Eagles. (11 words)
Most of the territory of Bras d’Or-Cape breton (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called Cape Breton-Canso, and it also added a portion of Pictou-Antigonish-Guysborough on the mainland. (40 words)
More than two years after British Columbia-based Paper Excellence, owners of Northern Pulp – the idled pulp mill in Pictou County – filed a lawsuit against the Nova Scotia government, the two parties have reportedly reached a settlement agreement. (40 words)
In action on Friday at the Bill Chisholm Memorial U13 AAA Tournament, the Antigonish Bulldogs went 0-2 with a 6-4 defeat by the Pictou Crushers and a 4-1 loss to the Valley Jets. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also on Thursday, the NDP announced its candidate would be Melinda MacKenzie, a resident of Pictou who works as a teacher and serves as a councillor for the Town of Pictou.
The Pictou County Christmas Fund telethon will once again dominate Sunday events in Pictou County.
Maps released today include areas dotted throughout Guysborough, Antigonish, Colchester, Pictou, Lunenburg, Queens, Annapolis and Kings counties, but other locations will be identified in the future.
Most of the territory of Bras d’Or-Cape breton (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called Cape Breton-Canso, and it also added a portion of Pictou-Antigonish-Guysborough on the mainland.
Province commits $10.6 million to Pictou County’s High.
The Cape Breton West Islanders visit the Mustangs in Lunenburg, while Pictou Weeks Majors are on the road to take on the Rush.
The Pictou County Scotians will tangle with the Eskasoni Junior Eagles.
There’s been a fatal single vehicle crash in Pictou County.
A former mayor for the Town of Pictou has died.
A Pictou County man and his two sisters have taken the unusual step of asking for their identities to be made public in a sexual abuse case against their father.
A project many months is the making was announced last night at Pictou County Council.
Bonnie O’Toole, president of the Pictou County Chamber board, said the chamber posted an ad for the position about two weeks ago.
Desiree Isaac-Pictou of Ugpi'ganjig (Eel River Bar First Nation) started playing wheelchair basketball in 2022.
In action on Friday at the Bill Chisholm Memorial U13 AAA Tournament, the Antigonish Bulldogs went 0-2 with a 6-4 defeat by the Pictou Crushers and a 4-1 loss to the Valley Jets.
It was a busy year for the Pictou East Food Bank.
More than two years after British Columbia-based Paper Excellence, owners of Northern Pulp – the idled pulp mill in Pictou County – filed a lawsuit against the Nova Scotia government, the two parties have reportedly reached a settlement agreement.
As Tonya Francis sang the Strong Woman Song in the foyer of the Nova Scotia Community College, Pictou Campus, last week her voice echoed up to the high ceilings and filled the silent room.
But the firm’s business development manager recently told reporters his mill uses about a third of the volume of wood the now-shuttered mill in Pictou County used to take.
Every day I am grateful for the people of Pictou West for trusting me to represent them.
Here, from the left, the volunteers with the Pictou Lobster Carnival provided a fundraising barbecue.
Common combinations with pictou
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pictou county 43×
- the pictou 23×
- in pictou 15×
- pictou island 10×
- of pictou 9×
- to pictou 5×
- pictou east 3×
- pictou lobster 3×
- on pictou 3×
- pictou campus 2×