as in continents
a large area of land that is a part of a continent
—used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
the Indian subcontinent
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The same species showing up in both China and Canada suggests a surprisingly interconnected early ocean half a billion years ago, with currents carrying larvae across vast distances and connecting ecosystems now separated by entire continents.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026 -
During the Cold War’s frequent crises, some two dozen of these men on the spot turned up in cities scattered across five continents—Athens, Jakarta, Manila, Saigon, Vientiane, Tehran, Kinshasha, Luanda, Paris, and even Washington, DC.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Her ink stains cohered into easily recognizable signs—butterflies, fighter jets, bodies of water, landmasses—that were complicated by text printed atop them.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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When several landmasses collided to form the supercontinent Pangea long before the dinosaurs, Earth’s crust shattered into discrete blocks and folded like a rug pushed against a wall, rising to form mountains spanning from the Appalachians to the Atlas.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Subcontinents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontinents. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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