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
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 June 2025
The father and son were briefly on the same continent in late May when the King and Queen Camilla traveled to Canada for the State Opening of Parliament in what was interpreted as a show of support for the Commonwealth realm amid tensions with the U.S., but Harry and Charles didn't cross paths.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 6 June 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
Spanning five countries in five continents, the series explores ‘Generation C’, a subset of Gen Z born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 June 2025
The father and son were briefly on the same continent in late May when the King and Queen Camilla traveled to Canada for the State Opening of Parliament in what was interpreted as a show of support for the Commonwealth realm amid tensions with the U.S., but Harry and Charles didn't cross paths.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 6 June 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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There are now multiple mainland sanctuaries for the birds, allowing the population to grow and eventually be reintroduced to all of its native habitats, officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.72% while mainland China's CSI 300 lost 0.72%.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Today, these ants primarily live in undisturbed and temperate eastern North American forests.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
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Best Time to Visit Locals know the fall and winter tend to be the best times to visit St. George Island for temperate weather, smaller crowds, and lower humidity.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2025
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Meanwhile, narratives of Ayyappan usually describe him as a god raised as a human prince who becomes a warrior and finally an ascetic.—
Deepa Das Acevedo,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Apr. 2019
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This is especially clear in the contrast between Marcus Luria and his father, the ascetic sage Zalia Ziskind.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 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 18 Jun. 2025.
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