as in continent
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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Recent Examples of landmass
Antarctica in mid-winter is bathed in a dusky half-light or shrouded in darkness, with the sun's orbit ensuring the warming rays no longer reach the icy landmass.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
The landmass is central to the Anishinaabe creation story, which tells how the world was formed on the back of a turtle.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Both are peninsulas jutting off the Eurasian landmass.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 6 June 2025
Africa is a continent with 54 countries, 1.5 billion people, and hundreds of cultures and languages spread out over a landmass that would swallow all of North America with room to spare.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
The landmass is central to the Anishinaabe creation story, which tells how the world was formed on the back of a turtle.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Both are peninsulas jutting off the Eurasian landmass.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 6 June 2025
Africa is a continent with 54 countries, 1.5 billion people, and hundreds of cultures and languages spread out over a landmass that would swallow all of North America with room to spare.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landmass
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Think of them more like distant cousins—raised on different continents, with different personalities, but who occasionally show up to the same party in floral prints and charm everyone in the room.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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In Australia’s arid center, those blotches represent a new inland sea, born from a deluge that has traveled hundreds of miles through the veins of a giant, parched continent.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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The streaming platform revealed that the latest installment will debut as a Viu original worldwide, excluding South Korea and mainland China, following the record-breaking performance of Season 2.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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While global finance institutions and investors have long been interested in diversifying to China, Beijing’s strict controls on capital outflows and relatively opaque system have discouraged large-scale buying of mainland China assets.—
Lee Ying Shan,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmass. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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