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
The eggs are believed to date back 72 million years ago to the Late Cretaceous period, when the region was part of the Ibero-Armorican Island, a prehistoric landmass made up of modern-day Spain, Portugal and southern France.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
And Roosevelt explained in his summer radio addresses of 1941 that if the Germans win the war, the United States becomes an island within the world, with hostile empires dominating most of the world’s landmass.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
This is a recognizably topological result — the size of each of the city’s landmasses doesn’t matter, nor does the length of the bridges between them.
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Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Thankfully, New Yorkers have recently been freed from the agonizing personal calculus of whether to air-freight burritos across the landmass of North America.
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Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
And Roosevelt explained in his summer radio addresses of 1941 that if the Germans win the war, the United States becomes an island within the world, with hostile empires dominating most of the world’s landmass.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
This is a recognizably topological result — the size of each of the city’s landmasses doesn’t matter, nor does the length of the bridges between them.
—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Thankfully, New Yorkers have recently been freed from the agonizing personal calculus of whether to air-freight burritos across the landmass of North America.
—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landmass
Noun
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Extreme heat can quickly become dangerous and even deadly, especially on a continent where very few people have air conditioning.
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The advisors entrusted with guiding substantial fortunes must combine technical expertise, strategic foresight and an ability to serve clients whose financial lives often span businesses, generations and continents.
Noun
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Washington is obligated by a domestic law to provide the island with sufficient hardware to fend off any invasion from the mainland.
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The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmass. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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