Examples of landmass in a Sentence
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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These tools lay undisturbed for millennia in sand deposits from an ancient landmass known as Thorney Island, which purportedly supported prehistoric communities, placing the foundation of the Parliament site much further back in time.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
It is forecast to head northwest toward Taiwan, expected to make landfall over western Taiwan on Thursday before rapidly weakening over the Taiwan landmass and emerging near the Ryukyu Islands as a remnant low or weak tropical depression.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
But in New Zealand, thanks to its low population density, the skies have remained surprisingly dark, and over 96 percent of its landmass still has views of the Milky Way at night.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
In an age where nearly every inch of the world’s landmass has been mapped, examples of terra nullius are exceedingly rare.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
It is forecast to head northwest toward Taiwan, expected to make landfall over western Taiwan on Thursday before rapidly weakening over the Taiwan landmass and emerging near the Ryukyu Islands as a remnant low or weak tropical depression.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
But in New Zealand, thanks to its low population density, the skies have remained surprisingly dark, and over 96 percent of its landmass still has views of the Milky Way at night.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
In an age where nearly every inch of the world’s landmass has been mapped, examples of terra nullius are exceedingly rare.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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