as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
complained that today's youth doesn't care a continental about their elders
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Recent Examples of continental
Amy Thomson,
Bloomberg.com,
24 Apr. 2020
Kenyatta rejected concerns that a free trade deal with the United States would undermine a new continental free trade agreement in Africa aimed at creating the world’s largest common market.
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Tom Odula,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Feb. 2020
Alexa St. John,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
His commander immediately ordered him to Augusta to recruit and manage the continental forces there.
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Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
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Noun
Hosted by enthusiastic young continentals, songs are scored by a combination of dial-in votes from viewers and jurists representing the participating countries.
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Amy Thomson,
Bloomberg.com,
24 Apr. 2020
Kenyatta rejected concerns that a free trade deal with the United States would undermine a new continental free trade agreement in Africa aimed at creating the world’s largest common market.
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Tom Odula,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Feb. 2020
Adjective
The continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records in March, with record-shattering extremes first in the Southwest and then across the rest of the nation.
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Alexa St. John,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
His commander immediately ordered him to Augusta to recruit and manage the continental forces there.
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Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continental
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And if that is to be the case, most Chicagoans do not give a damn whether the team goes to Arlington Heights or Hammond.
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In a world of drivers mostly ruled by their corporate sponsors, Busch was an otherworldly talent who simply did not give a damn.
Adjective
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While outlining his five-year military goals at February’s Workers’ Party congress, Kim also called for intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of underwater launches.
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Eurovision will continue its intercontinental expansion in 2027 by allowing Canada to compete, according to the BBC.
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His adoration, here as in all things natural, is infectious, although the birds themselves care not a whit for him, and isn’t that part of the wonder, the fun?
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An unconventional structure or new approach bothers them not a whit.
Adjective
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On the other side of the country, waves of Chinese migrants arrived in San Francisco starting in the 19th century, drawn by the Gold Rush and transcontinental railroad construction.
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The pending Norfolk Southern acquisition, which would create a 50,000-mile transcontinental network, involves $20 billion in cash plus the issuance of 225 million shares, pending regulatory approval.
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This music is often so simplistic—tenth-grade emo-thirst-trap-core with yearning synths, thudding drums, and maybe a lick of guitar—that a machine could do it too.
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Today, upgrading a home isn’t only about a lick of new paint or collectible furniture.
Adjective
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Agnieszka Holland’s transnational body of work perfectly align with Marlene’s journey between nations, languages and identities.
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This helps explain why mixed martial arts has acquired unusual importance within transnational, ethnonationalist networks.
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Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.
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Periodically, Spider-Noir is, indeed, a hoot.
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The operation was a testament to the growing effectiveness of a multinational collection of urban search-and-rescue squads — known as USAR — that have become ubiquitous life-savers at epicenters of calamity across the globe.
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Formula 1 now operates as a sophisticated soft-power environment where investors, founders, political leaders, engineers and multinational executives gather within a highly concentrated ecosystem of decision-making.
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“Continental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continental. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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