as in continental
going across a continent
the transcontinental railroad a six-hour transcontinental flight
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Susan Choi’s eerie, multi-generational transcontinental mystery saga Flashlight, her fifth novel (after the National Book Award winning Trust Exercise) evolves from a short story published in The New Yorker in August 2020.
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Jane Ciabattari
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
One of the key parts of the novel is the construction of the transcontinental railway line, the greatest technological feat of the 19th century.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
If your cousin embarked on a transcontinental ocean voyage only never to return, your perception of such a trip’s risk would have been swayed.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
The Overture would make those trips possible with a cruise speed of Mach 1.7 that could slash the duration of a transcontinental flight by up to half.
—Edward Russell, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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Jane Ciabattari
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
One of the key parts of the novel is the construction of the transcontinental railway line, the greatest technological feat of the 19th century.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
If your cousin embarked on a transcontinental ocean voyage only never to return, your perception of such a trip’s risk would have been swayed.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
The Overture would make those trips possible with a cruise speed of Mach 1.7 that could slash the duration of a transcontinental flight by up to half.
—Edward Russell, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcontinental
continental
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The connection between the island and continental reptiles indicates that the ancestors of Fijian iguanas evolved on North America.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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Their second continental triumph, in May 2024, was overseen by former Argentina striker Hernan Crespo.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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“Transcontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcontinental. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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