as in continents
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 landmasses
Instead, Smyth believes the Lucky pterosaurs and other juvenile Pterodactylus antiquus specimens lived on the landmasses near the lagoons.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
These climatic shifts allowed the formation of continual landmasses, including one that bridged Anatolia and Europe.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
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
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
These climatic shifts allowed the formation of continual landmasses, including one that bridged Anatolia and Europe.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landmasses
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These changes could also help cut annual greenhouse gas emissions from global food systems by more than half, according to the EAT-Lancet commission, a group of leading experts in agriculture, climate, economics, health and nutrition from more than 35 countries across six continents.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Developed over six years and filmed across 17 cities on three continents, the documentary delves into the largest environmental lawsuit in history, following the devastating collapse of the Mariana dam in Brazil.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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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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“Landmasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmasses. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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