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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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Recent Examples of continents
The league will play across four continents, starting with the Week 1 game in Australia.
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Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Celebrated across continents with major retrospectives and solo shows and based in Paris since 1973, Italian photographer Paolo Roversi is finally headed back home — metaphorically, with the unveiling of a permanent gallery in his hometown of Ravenna.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
The Story is in the Rice Chef JJ Johnson explores how cuisine becomes a living narrative, connecting communities across continents and generations.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026
The drive for digital sovereignty is reaching all continents, often throwing long-standing IT architectures and the dependencies that come with them into doubt or disarray.
—Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Several games already were announced, including a record nine international games across four continents.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
The Story is in the Rice Chef JJ Johnson explores how cuisine becomes a living narrative, connecting communities across continents and generations.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
The competition’s main host, the United States, is lashing out at the world, hunting conflict across three continents.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
But the 49ers will be the first to take two international trips to two different continents to play two international games in the same season.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Celebrated across continents with major retrospectives and solo shows and based in Paris since 1973, Italian photographer Paolo Roversi is finally headed back home — metaphorically, with the unveiling of a permanent gallery in his hometown of Ravenna.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
The Story is in the Rice Chef JJ Johnson explores how cuisine becomes a living narrative, connecting communities across continents and generations.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026
The drive for digital sovereignty is reaching all continents, often throwing long-standing IT architectures and the dependencies that come with them into doubt or disarray.
—Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Several games already were announced, including a record nine international games across four continents.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
The Story is in the Rice Chef JJ Johnson explores how cuisine becomes a living narrative, connecting communities across continents and generations.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
The competition’s main host, the United States, is lashing out at the world, hunting conflict across three continents.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
But the 49ers will be the first to take two international trips to two different continents to play two international games in the same season.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for continents
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The two mainlands themselves are only 55 miles apart where Alaska's Seward Peninsula and Russia's Chukotka Peninsula sit on opposite sides of the Bering Sea.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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Planet operates a fleet of around 150 satellites that photograph most of Earth's landmasses on a daily basis.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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There was SimEarth in 1990, in which the player tunes a planet’s atmospheric conditions, sculpts its landmasses, plunks down life-forms.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Continents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continents. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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