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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
This fall, Gen Z travel searches are up 26 percent, with many travelers booking international vacations across all continents.
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Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Decoding the Himalayan formation The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian and Indian continents around 50 million years ago.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Two entire novels on separate continents.
—Maria Reva
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Traveling to nearly 300 sought after destinations across more than 70 countries and all seven continents, Celebrity Cruises offers something truly newfangled for adult sightseers.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
His diverse projects have spanned the world on all seven continents, including Antarctica, from operas to the Olympics.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
The boy band wrapped their largest world tour to date, Stray Kids World Tour , at the end of July after putting on 54 shows across five continents.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2025
But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, 14 Greenlands would easily fit inside the African continent.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
The swan song trek has consisted of 60-plus shows in four continents since kicking off in Montreal in October.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Decoding the Himalayan formation The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian and Indian continents around 50 million years ago.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Two entire novels on separate continents.
—Maria Reva
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Traveling to nearly 300 sought after destinations across more than 70 countries and all seven continents, Celebrity Cruises offers something truly newfangled for adult sightseers.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
His diverse projects have spanned the world on all seven continents, including Antarctica, from operas to the Olympics.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
The boy band wrapped their largest world tour to date, Stray Kids World Tour Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2025
But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, 14 Greenlands would easily fit inside the African continent.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
The swan song trek has consisted of 60-plus shows in four continents since kicking off in Montreal in October.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
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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Designed to help European navigators at sea, the map distorted landmasses by enlarging regions near the poles such as North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Continents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continents. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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