landmass

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 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 The National Park Service's Bering Land Bridge National Preserve exists in part to highlight how the two peninsulas were once connected, allowing ancient peoples to migrate from the Eurasian landmass east into North America. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025 The tsar was also worried that the landmass, separated from the rest of the empire by a body of water, would be too vulnerable to British attack in the event of another war. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025 The submerged area called the Madura Strait was once part of a landmass called Sundaland, which connected the Indonesian archipelago to mainland Asia. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for landmass
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  • On the pitch, Ecuador have been the second-best team on their continent.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • South Africa is thought to have a coastal undersea freshwater bonanza, too, and there is at least anecdotal evidence that every continent may have the same.
    Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • The proposal envisioned extensive plans for alternative transportation to stadium events to lessen the impact on Rickenbacker Causeway traffic, including water taxi service and a network of continuous shuttle buses to and from several points on the mainland.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Following the stingray attack, Irwin was transported by boat to the Low Isles, about nine miles from the mainland, where he was pronounced dead by medics.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmass. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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