as in mainland
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
Europe and Asia are sometimes considered together to be one continent
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as in ascetical
given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
a religious sect that expects its unmarried members to be completely celibate and its married adherents to maintain continent relationships
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Recent Examples of continent
Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Ian Lenahan, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
Sachs is writing from Malta, where she’s been reporting on restrictions in Europe during a cross-continent trip.
—Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
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Noun
His ambitious seven-continent solo flight mission was inspired by his cousin's 2021 cancer diagnosis.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The cross-continent trek for Rye Riptides, which students and now-retired Rye Junior High School science teacher Sheila Adams stuffed with photos of the Rye students, a facemask with their signatures on it, fall leaves, acorns and state quarters, was conducted with the help of Educational Passages.
—Ian Lenahan, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
Sachs is writing from Malta, where she’s been reporting on restrictions in Europe during a cross-continent trip.
—Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continent
Noun
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The proposal envisioned extensive plans for alternative transportation to stadium events to lessen the impact on Rickenbacker Causeway traffic, including water taxi service and a network of continuous shuttle buses to and from several points on the mainland.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Following the stingray attack, Irwin was transported by boat to the Low Isles, about nine miles from the mainland, where he was pronounced dead by medics.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The marine creatures — named for French naturalist Antoine Risso — are found throughout tropical and temperate regions of the Earth’s oceans, particularly near continental shelves, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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In temperate areas, the feeder should be cleaned at least twice a week for the entire hummingbird season.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the ascetic value of fasting from meat required that the person otherwise enjoy it.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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Greens embodied the ascetic lushness of the farm-to-table movement, which, in Northern California, was synonymous with the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse.—
John Birdsall,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The solution offered up by some: the sort of abstemious, low-fat, often vegetarian, diets that had been prescribed as lust-control regimens only decades earlier.—
Rachel Hope Cleves / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Continent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continent. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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