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Recent Examples of supercontinent
In fact, the supercontinent fostered the common ancestor of the Australian pelodryadid frogs and the South American phyllomedusid frogs that are still seen, stuck to leaves and branches, today.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
The Stac Fada Member — part of the supercontinent Rodinia 1 billion years ago — preserves what Earth's surface environments were like before and after the impact, study co-author Tony Prave, an emeritus professor of geoscience at the University of St Andrews, told Live Science.
—Patrick Pester, Space.com, 12 May 2025
During that time, landmasses consolidated into a supercontinent called Rodinia and then broke apart again.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The researchers suggest these are driven by the assembly and breakup of supercontinents.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
The Stac Fada Member — part of the supercontinent Rodinia 1 billion years ago — preserves what Earth's surface environments were like before and after the impact, study co-author Tony Prave, an emeritus professor of geoscience at the University of St Andrews, told Live Science.
—Patrick Pester, Space.com, 12 May 2025
During that time, landmasses consolidated into a supercontinent called Rodinia and then broke apart again.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The researchers suggest these are driven by the assembly and breakup of supercontinents.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
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The scouting nets are now cast across continents, there are feeder and multi-club models and the possibility of one scout like Dubliner Billy Behan pulling up several players, from a tiny pool, talented enough to become first-team regulars is long gone.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The world might end up ruled by large technology companies that impose their solutions throughout entire continents, leaving little space for homegrown creativity.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Pakistan had been America’s Cold War ally on the subcontinent, but during the Global War on Terror, Washington came to see Islamabad as unreliable and instead drew closer to New Delhi.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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Tibetan refugee communities in the Indian subcontinent, in particular, rely on financial assistance from India, the United States, and Europe to sustain their educational institutions, medical services, and cultural establishments.—
Tenzin Dorjee,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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