as in continent
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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Recent Examples of landmass
The eggs are believed to date back 72 million years ago to the Late Cretaceous period, when the region was part of the Ibero-Armorican Island, a prehistoric landmass made up of modern-day Spain, Portugal and southern France.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
And Roosevelt explained in his summer radio addresses of 1941 that if the Germans win the war, the United States becomes an island within the world, with hostile empires dominating most of the world’s landmass.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
This is a recognizably topological result — the size of each of the city’s landmasses doesn’t matter, nor does the length of the bridges between them.
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Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Thankfully, New Yorkers have recently been freed from the agonizing personal calculus of whether to air-freight burritos across the landmass of North America.
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Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
And Roosevelt explained in his summer radio addresses of 1941 that if the Germans win the war, the United States becomes an island within the world, with hostile empires dominating most of the world’s landmass.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
This is a recognizably topological result — the size of each of the city’s landmasses doesn’t matter, nor does the length of the bridges between them.
—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Thankfully, New Yorkers have recently been freed from the agonizing personal calculus of whether to air-freight burritos across the landmass of North America.
—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landmass
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Heat danger is a problem being felt across Europe, which has the oldest population of any continent and is also the world's fastest-warming continent.
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Total exports of portable air conditioners from China to Western Europe had already surged 70% in the first five months of 2026, before severe summer heat swept the AC-shy continent.
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In Isla de la Juventud, south of mainland Cuba, Marlys Ruiz has built a platform around a different kind of visibility.
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Most development in Hawaii falls within Special Management Areas, triggering archaeological and environmental review requirements that few mainland markets face.
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmass. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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