as in continental
going across a continent
the transcontinental railroad a six-hour transcontinental flight
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Recent Examples of transcontinental
And that corpse really gets around, in carny museums and in the sideshow accompanying a transcontinental race and then in a couple of schlock movies.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
With its Tuscan columns, marble staircases and bronze doors, the Renaissance Revival landmark once housed Crocker Bank, named after one of the tycoons who built the western portion of America’s first transcontinental railroad.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
The John Dutton of 1923 After charting their transcontinental romance across two seasons, 1923 ended with both a death and a life to close the epic love story of Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) and Alexandra Dutton (Julia Schlaepfer).
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
That was the beginning of their transcontinental courtship that would eventually bring her west.
—Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
With its Tuscan columns, marble staircases and bronze doors, the Renaissance Revival landmark once housed Crocker Bank, named after one of the tycoons who built the western portion of America’s first transcontinental railroad.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
The John Dutton of 1923 After charting their transcontinental romance across two seasons, 1923 ended with both a death and a life to close the epic love story of Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) and Alexandra Dutton (Julia Schlaepfer).
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
That was the beginning of their transcontinental courtship that would eventually bring her west.
—Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcontinental
continental
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But where once the club stood atop the commercial mountain domestically, now they’ve been surpassed, and have fallen further behind continental rivals.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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This area is part of the East African Rift System (EARS), home to an active continental rift zone, where one plate is slowly pulling away from another one.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2025
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“Transcontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcontinental. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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