as in mainlands
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
Astrotourism continues to be one of the world's leading trends, and many travelers make big plans to cross oceans and continents just to experience auroras, meteor showers, and some of the darkest night skies in the world.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
That connection extends across continents.
—Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjaye Associates is a company with more than 100 architects in offices on three continents, and when these two clients scrambled to put some distance between themselves and the founder, one of his partners, Pascale Sablan, and another firm, Cooper Robertson, took the lead on both.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
The Chamber Music Society of Minnesota presented an eclectic concert on Sunday at Hamline University’s Sundin Music Hall, spanning centuries and continents and offering celebrations, surprises and new explorations.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Our programs grew not through press releases but through relationships — between junior officers and generals, engineers and strategists, across continents and commands.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
The Athletic reported that the new tournament is expected to be placed in February, a month during which the ATP held 10 events on four different continents in 2025.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
By its third season, those strangers and survivors collided across continents.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Isla Marambio will be released as part of Cask World’s Continent Series, which will feature whisky matured on all eight continents (including Zealandia which is represented by New Zealand in this series).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
That connection extends across continents.
—Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjaye Associates is a company with more than 100 architects in offices on three continents, and when these two clients scrambled to put some distance between themselves and the founder, one of his partners, Pascale Sablan, and another firm, Cooper Robertson, took the lead on both.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
The Chamber Music Society of Minnesota presented an eclectic concert on Sunday at Hamline University’s Sundin Music Hall, spanning centuries and continents and offering celebrations, surprises and new explorations.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Our programs grew not through press releases but through relationships — between junior officers and generals, engineers and strategists, across continents and commands.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
The Athletic reported that the new tournament is expected to be placed in February, a month during which the ATP held 10 events on four different continents in 2025.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
By its third season, those strangers and survivors collided across continents.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Isla Marambio will be released as part of Cask World’s Continent Series, which will feature whisky matured on all eight continents (including Zealandia which is represented by New Zealand in this series).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 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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With a constellation of eyes in the sky, forecasters could suddenly monitor conditions over oceans and remote landmasses, filling in major gaps in their models and providing an early warning system about potential storms forming far away.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Smyth believes the Lucky pterosaurs and other juvenile Pterodactylus antiquus specimens lived on the landmasses near the lagoons.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Continents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continents. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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