Examples of landmass in a Sentence
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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But public lands advocates note that the law has long been used by presidents to protect large landmasses — including the designation of the Grand Canyon by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The relative lack of landmass in the southerly regions of the Southern Hemisphere makes the aurora australis more difficult to see than its northern counterpart.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
After hundreds of millions of years of isolation from each other, North and South America were once again pushed close enough by continental drift to allow living things to venture from one landmass to the other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
While the landmass is a quarter in size of the state of Delaware, the island’s population swells from 10,000 to 650,000 each year to welcome intrepid travelers drawn to the island’s dramatic landscapes, storied history, and rich cultural heritage.
—Sarah Wood González, Vogue, 11 June 2025
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The relative lack of landmass in the southerly regions of the Southern Hemisphere makes the aurora australis more difficult to see than its northern counterpart.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
After hundreds of millions of years of isolation from each other, North and South America were once again pushed close enough by continental drift to allow living things to venture from one landmass to the other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
While the landmass is a quarter in size of the state of Delaware, the island’s population swells from 10,000 to 650,000 each year to welcome intrepid travelers drawn to the island’s dramatic landscapes, storied history, and rich cultural heritage.
—Sarah Wood González, Vogue, 11 June 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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