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Recent Examples of supercontinent
The Earth’s climate was warm at the beginning of the Jurassic and without polar ice, meaning animals from mammals to amphibians to dinosaurs were able to more easily move across the Pangea supercontinent, researchers said.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 June 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
By around 270 million years ago, that action was done, and all the world’s landmasses had merged into a second single supercontinent, Pangaea.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 June 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
By around 270 million years ago, that action was done, and all the world’s landmasses had merged into a second single supercontinent, Pangaea.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
Noun
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Their interest in me reflects their respect for my continent and my country.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Originating in the 7th century CE, this architectural tradition spans three continents and encompasses not only mosques but palaces, schools, markets, and private residences.—
Mike Miller,
Architectural Digest,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Although these fears are understandable, Rao’s contention glides over the fact that China (together with Pakistan) is already embroiled in active hostilities against India, threatening its frontiers, undermining its economic growth, and boxing it within the subcontinent.—
Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Affairs,
30 July 2025
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The jagged border was hastily drawn by a British judge when the Indian subcontinent won its independence from Britain in August 1947 but was divided into a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan.—
Sam Dalrymple,
Time,
14 July 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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