subcontinents

plural of subcontinent
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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Noun
  • Pennywise — the iconic, malevolent shapeshifting entity that often takes the form of a dancing clown and was first introduced in Stephen King's 1986 novel It — suddenly and mysteriously appeared on five different continents on Tuesday.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The model builds on a decade of global outreach that has touched multiple continents.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • With a constellation of eyes in the sky, forecasters could suddenly monitor conditions over oceans and remote landmasses, filling in major gaps in their models and providing an early warning system about potential storms forming far away.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, Smyth believes the Lucky pterosaurs and other juvenile Pterodactylus antiquus specimens lived on the landmasses near the lagoons.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Subcontinents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontinents. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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