Examples of landmass in a Sentence
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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Seeing a hell ant preserved in limestone so far away from Burma indicates that these ants were widely distributed and likely crossed Cretaceous landmasses several times.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Then, around 500 million years ago, tectonic forces started bringing fragments of other landmasses toward the future eastern North America.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
During the Cretaceous, a shallow inland sea called the Western Interior Seaway split North America into two landmasses—and the giant reptile’s fossils have been found on both sides of it.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The Bureau of Land Management oversees 245 million acres of land in the American West, or roughly one tenth of the country’s entire landmass.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Apr. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Then, around 500 million years ago, tectonic forces started bringing fragments of other landmasses toward the future eastern North America.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
During the Cretaceous, a shallow inland sea called the Western Interior Seaway split North America into two landmasses—and the giant reptile’s fossils have been found on both sides of it.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The Bureau of Land Management oversees 245 million acres of land in the American West, or roughly one tenth of the country’s entire landmass.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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