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Recent Examples of supercontinent
During this time, the ancient supercontinent Rodinia was breaking apart.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
As South America broke off from the supercontinent of Gondwanaland, volcanoes and earthquakes shook the Earth, causing landslides.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
At one time, many millions of years ago, these two continents were connected, along with others, in the southern supercontinent of Gondwana.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
The great global struggles of the modern era were contests to rule the Eurasian supercontinent.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
As South America broke off from the supercontinent of Gondwanaland, volcanoes and earthquakes shook the Earth, causing landslides.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
At one time, many millions of years ago, these two continents were connected, along with others, in the southern supercontinent of Gondwana.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
The great global struggles of the modern era were contests to rule the Eurasian supercontinent.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
Noun
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At the northeast corner of the Sahara Desert, its vast wilderness marks the final leg on the African continent for those fleeing war, persecution, and lack of opportunity in search of a better life.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Astrotourism continues to be one of the world's leading trends, and many travelers make big plans to cross oceans and continents just to experience auroras, meteor showers, and some of the darkest night skies in the world.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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The 1947 partition of the South Asian subcontinent into India and Pakistan led to the world’s largest mass migration.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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While undertaking a magnetic survey of the Indian subcontinent, Colonel Alexander Strange of the Royal Artillery had experienced firsthand the human toll of drought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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