as in mainland
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
Europe and Asia are sometimes considered together to be one continent
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as in ascetical
given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
a religious sect that expects its unmarried members to be completely celibate and its married adherents to maintain continent relationships
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Recent Examples of continent
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
What if Jim Harbaugh had picked the Dolphins instead of the San Francisco 49ers when owner Steve Ross and a continent went to recruit him to leave Stanford in 2011, and become Miami’s head coach, despite the fact that the Dolphins still had one (the late Tony Sparano)?
—Omar Kelly
october 10, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Stephanie Vermillion, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
The cross-continent trek for Rye Riptides, which students and now-retired Rye Junior High School science teacher Sheila Adams stuffed with photos of the Rye students, a facemask with their signatures on it, fall leaves, acorns and state quarters, was conducted with the help of Educational Passages.
—Ian Lenahan, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
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Noun
The release arrives as Jisoo continues performing with Blackpink on the group’s Deadline World Tour, which has sold out stadiums across multiple continents.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
What if Jim Harbaugh had picked the Dolphins instead of the San Francisco 49ers when owner Steve Ross and a continent went to recruit him to leave Stanford in 2011, and become Miami’s head coach, despite the fact that the Dolphins still had one (the late Tony Sparano)?
—Omar Kelly
october 10, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The resilient East African nation has rebounded over the past three decades; so, too, has its lion population, via a cross-continent initiative led by AndBeyond, African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
The cross-continent trek for Rye Riptides, which students and now-retired Rye Junior High School science teacher Sheila Adams stuffed with photos of the Rye students, a facemask with their signatures on it, fall leaves, acorns and state quarters, was conducted with the help of Educational Passages.
—Ian Lenahan, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continent
Noun
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There’s no bridge linking this 12,000-acre island to the mainland, so the two miles across the Cape Fear River from Southport mean leaving your worries and stress far, far behind.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The crop thrives in temperate climates across countries such as China, Spain, Turkey, Mexico and the United States, with peak season running from mid-summer through early fall.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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They are found all over the world, mostly in subtropical and temperate regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the ascetic value of fasting from meat required that the person otherwise enjoy it.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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Greens embodied the ascetic lushness of the farm-to-table movement, which, in Northern California, was synonymous with the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse.—
John Birdsall,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The solution offered up by some: the sort of abstemious, low-fat, often vegetarian, diets that had been prescribed as lust-control regimens only decades earlier.—
Rachel Hope Cleves / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Ivan Neville has been on a few times and always talks being abstinent.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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As a purist, Murray defines sobriety as being completely abstinent from habit-forming substances that could cause dependency, including prescription drugs like Xanax and Suboxone.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Continent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continent. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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