as in continent
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
the boat back to the mainland leaves once every two days
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As mainland China has banned crypto trading and mining, the success of the stablecoin ecosystem in the city, as the country’s testing ground, could pave the way for an offshore yuan-backed token and further adoption of the technology eventually.
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John Liu, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Its members still identify with the party's history and espouse a more Chinese identity, despite not aligning themselves with the Communists from the mainland.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Leung was recently in Cannes with Juno Mak’s Sons Of The Neon Night and has a long list of credits including Ashes Of Time (1994), Election (2005), Bodyguards And Assassins (2009), Cold War (2012) and current mainland China box office hit The Shadow’s Edge (2025).
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Known as the Xisha Islands in China and Hoang Sa Islands in Vietnam, the chain of reefs and atolls lies about 300 nautical miles south of the Chinese mainland and has long been a regional flashpoint.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
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John Liu, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Its members still identify with the party's history and espouse a more Chinese identity, despite not aligning themselves with the Communists from the mainland.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Leung was recently in Cannes with Juno Mak’s Sons Of The Neon Night and has a long list of credits including Ashes Of Time (1994), Election (2005), Bodyguards And Assassins (2009), Cold War (2012) and current mainland China box office hit The Shadow’s Edge (2025).
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Known as the Xisha Islands in China and Hoang Sa Islands in Vietnam, the chain of reefs and atolls lies about 300 nautical miles south of the Chinese mainland and has long been a regional flashpoint.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainland
continent
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On the pitch, Ecuador have been the second-best team on their continent.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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South Africa is thought to have a coastal undersea freshwater bonanza, too, and there is at least anecdotal evidence that every continent may have the same.—
Rodrique Ngowi,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Mainland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainland. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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