Examples of landmass in a Sentence
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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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
This was a moment where an enormous landmass of the American electorate shifted.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Now that mosquitoes are confirmed to have a presence in Iceland, Antarctica is the only remaining mosquito-free landmass on Earth.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
West Asia sits at the western edge of the world’s largest landmass.
—Angela Chitkara, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
This was a moment where an enormous landmass of the American electorate shifted.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Now that mosquitoes are confirmed to have a presence in Iceland, Antarctica is the only remaining mosquito-free landmass on Earth.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
West Asia sits at the western edge of the world’s largest landmass.
—Angela Chitkara, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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