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
Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 June 2018
Goals, fame and second-tier continental, as well as league success, came to the Brazilian, who became only the second man to break the world transfer record twice, all before his 21st birthday.
—SI.com, 27 May 2018
Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
From the early tinkerers who first imagined electrical speech to the engineers who built continental cables, digital switching, satellites, and wireless networks, countless inventors have pushed the limits of how far and how fast a human voice can travel.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Organizers of the Asian Games—a pan-continental, multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia—have confirmed eSports will be a demonstration event later this year.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 June 2018
Goals, fame and second-tier continental, as well as league success, came to the Brazilian, who became only the second man to break the world transfer record twice, all before his 21st birthday.
—SI.com, 27 May 2018
Adjective
And indeed, the archival record shows Madrid returning again and again to trade-and-mission policies (with a sprinkling of missionary work aimed at establishing and consolidating influence) rather than grand amphibious invasion and continental conquest.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
From the early tinkerers who first imagined electrical speech to the engineers who built continental cables, digital switching, satellites, and wireless networks, countless inventors have pushed the limits of how far and how fast a human voice can travel.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continental
Noun
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In the film, several characters believe a terrorist group is behind the unattributed launch of the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile).—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Ice dancers Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing were seen with a large toy version of China’s new DF-61 missile – a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) transported on an eight-axle truck and capable of carrying nuclear weapons – at the Cup of China in Chongqing on Saturday.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The whit and the whoo are from different owls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That gives the company the distinction of offering more transcontinental lie-flat seats from South Florida than any other carrier, JetBlue touted in a press release.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Recently, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific have proposed a transcontinental merger, which would bring a complete coast-to-coast railroad operation to America.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Burgess could be seen sporting red hair, leaning over to pretend to take a lick of an ice cream cone.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Hazy, the matriarch of the group, gave Reggie a tentative lick and promptly fell asleep.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Bondi said Maduro heads the Cartel de los Soles, a drug-trafficking organization embedded in Venezuela’s military, and works with groups including Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, and other transnational criminal networks.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
4 Nov. 2025
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But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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There are a few hoots and hollers as the others agree or protest.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The firm’s work with multinational corporations seeking licenses and permits before government agencies (such as energy companies requesting development permits or investment companies negotiating with the Securities and Exchange Commission), or even litigating in federal court, could evaporate.—
Fabio Bertoni,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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At treasury operations across major corporations, finance directors are quietly testing a technology that could reshape how multinational companies move money.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Continental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continental. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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