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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
One supercontinent lies under Africa, and the other resides deep under the Pacific Ocean.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 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
One supercontinent lies under Africa, and the other resides deep under the Pacific Ocean.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
Noun
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There were billions of dollars being bet on soccer in regulated and unregulated markets alike, on nearly every continent.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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By the year 2050, over 25% of the world’s population is expected to hail from the African continent, including a third of those aged 15 to 24.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 2025.
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