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
And 2020 was bad, as fires burned more than 10 million acres across the West including 4 percent of California’s landmass.
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
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
That’s equivalent to about half the landmass of the entire United States.
—Kristen Monsell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Moscow stands at the center of a nation comprising eleven percent of the globe’s landmass, 11 time zones and about 145 million people—some 13 million of whom live in the capital.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
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
That’s equivalent to about half the landmass of the entire United States.
—Kristen Monsell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Moscow stands at the center of a nation comprising eleven percent of the globe’s landmass, 11 time zones and about 145 million people—some 13 million of whom live in the capital.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landmass
Noun
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Tea Partiers dressed like the Indians of one continent to show that they would not be treated like the Indians of another.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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China has looked to expand its influence across Africa and on Friday scored a soft-power win by eliminating tariffs for the whole continent — except Eswatini.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 May 2026
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The new case in Switzerland, where the patient fell ill after his return to the mainland, raises the specter of human-to-human transmission, The Wall Street Journal reported.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Consider hiking the Helliwell Bluffs loop, a three-mile jaunt through old-growth Douglas fir and Garry oak trees with sweeping views of the Georgia Strait and the mainland’s epic Coast Mountains.—
Sara Harowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2026
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmass. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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