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
Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Aug. 2025
The duo founded Lyft in 2012, with the company now operating across four continents and nearly 1,000 cities.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2023
The resilient East African nation has rebounded over the past three decades; so, too, has its lion population, via a cross-continent initiative led by AndBeyond, African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
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Noun
The Oasis Live ’25 tour will span multiple continents.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Aug. 2025
The duo founded Lyft in 2012, with the company now operating across four continents and nearly 1,000 cities.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The singer spent the past year flying around the world for her multi-continent Future Nostalgia tour and continued her jet-setting this past week with a trip to Groningen, Netherlands.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2023
The resilient East African nation has rebounded over the past three decades; so, too, has its lion population, via a cross-continent initiative led by AndBeyond, African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continent
Noun
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As Hurricane Erin crept toward the U.S. mainland on Wednesday, Aug. 20, a North Carolina man captured the storm's powerful waves battering the state's coastline.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The nearly universal use of electronic payments has facilitated use of the e-CNY in the Chinese mainland, with some cities using it to pay wages of civil servants.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Those individuals experienced up to an 8 percent additional drop in kidney function each year compared with those living in temperate climates.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
29 July 2025
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The list includes places like Malta, a five-island nation with terrific beaches, a temperate climate and low crime, and Belize, the only Central American country with English as its official language.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Other spaces — like the fourth floor, where more difficult patients are kept and Max is instructed to avoid — are cold and ascetic.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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Wells was as quiet as White was loud, as eccentric as White was flamboyant, as ascetic as White was sensual.—
Henry Wiencek
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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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 1 Sep. 2025.
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