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Recent Examples of supercontinent
Scientists discovered that the remnants of supercontinents hidden deep within the mantle, the large zone beneath the planet’s thin crust, are older than previously thought.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Pangea may be named after a supercontinent of the past, but she’s built for exploring land and sea in the present day.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Gondwana was a supercontinent that included around two-thirds of today's continental area—including what is now Australia, Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and New Zealand.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
But as the supercontinent finally splintered apart around 200 million years ago and the near-endless age of dinosaurs found its groove, the planet recovered to conditions more hospitable to animal life.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Pangea may be named after a supercontinent of the past, but she’s built for exploring land and sea in the present day.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Gondwana was a supercontinent that included around two-thirds of today's continental area—including what is now Australia, Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and New Zealand.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
But as the supercontinent finally splintered apart around 200 million years ago and the near-endless age of dinosaurs found its groove, the planet recovered to conditions more hospitable to animal life.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
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With countless examples spanning countries and continents, the look has both historical significance and remains popular—particularly in residential design—today.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
2 Mar. 2026
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The disruptions have rippled far beyond the conflict zone, stranding tourists, business travelers, migrant workers and religious pilgrims across multiple continents and snarling global travel that relies heavily on Gulf airports.—
Adam Schreck,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Her father, Amrit, a high-ranking civil servant, was born in Punjab before the partition that divided the subcontinent.—
Rebecca Traister,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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The men’s Twenty20 World Cup gets underway in India and Sri Lanka next month, but the cricket tournament is exposing tensions between nations on the Indian subcontinent.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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