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noun

Definition of continentalnext
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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adjective

as in intercontinental

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Recent Examples of continental
Noun
Hosted by enthusiastic young continentals, songs are scored by a combination of dial-in votes from viewers and jurists representing the participating countries. — 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. — Tom Odula, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2020
Adjective
The latter missile has a range of over 6,000 miles (10,000 km), meaning that it could be launched from Chinese coastal waters and hit parts of the continental United States. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 July 2026 One dominant idea holds that plate tectonics, much like today’s, was already running in the Hadean, with continental crust forming above subduction zones—areas where tectonic plates collide. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for continental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for continental
  1. damn
  2. intercontinental
  3. whit
  4. transcontinental
  5. lick
  6. transnational
  7. hoot
  8. multinational
Noun
  • And if that is to be the case, most Chicagoans do not give a damn whether the team goes to Arlington Heights or Hammond.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • In a world of drivers mostly ruled by their corporate sponsors, Busch was an otherworldly talent who simply did not give a damn.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
Definition of damn
Adjective
  • China last conducted a missile test in the Pacific two years ago, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead, the first since 1980.
    — Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • China last conducted a missile test in the Pacific two years ago, then firing an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of intercontinental
Noun
  • 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?
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • An unconventional structure or new approach bothers them not a whit.
    — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Definition of whit
Adjective
  • Set in post-Civil War America, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) joins the lawless traveling town ‘Hell on Wheels,’ which follows the construction of the first-ever transcontinental railroad.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • 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.
    — Ashley Rose Young, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
Definition of transcontinental
Noun
  • 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.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Today, upgrading a home isn’t only about a lick of new paint or collectible furniture.
    — Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of lick
Adjective
  • The initiative is intended to target transnational criminal organizations, foreign gangs, human trafficking networks and violent criminal aliens operating in the United States.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The federal operations are being led largely by Joint Task Force Vulcan, an initiative originally created to target the Salvadoran gang MS-13 but later expanded to combat other transnational criminal groups.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of transnational
Noun
  • Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • Periodically, Spider-Noir is, indeed, a hoot.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Definition of hoot
Adjective
  • Today’s cooling market is already dominated by multinational conglomerates such as Daikin and Samsung, which closely track emerging technologies and are ready to move quickly.
    — Sabrina Weiss, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • For the past two years, Indian IPO markets have seen frenzied activity, luring even multinational companies to list their India business units.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of multinational

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