as in continental
going across a continent
the transcontinental railroad a six-hour transcontinental flight
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Construction of the 1,911-mile transcontinental railroad connecting California with the eastern half of the United States began in 1863, while the nation was engaged in a bloody civil war, and was completed six years later when its two legs were joined at Promontory Summit in Utah.
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Dan Walters,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
Tripling the size of a standard Platinum cabin, there are only a handful of these suites available across the entire transcontinental journey from Darwin to Adelaide.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
In Old Sacramento State Historic Park, field-trippers visit the California State Railroad Museum to learn about how locomotives changed the West dramatically, delivering settlers and increasing transcontinental trade.
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Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
Their exploit paved the way for future transcontinental road trips and became part of the mythology of the American open road.
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Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 May 2026
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Dan Walters,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
Tripling the size of a standard Platinum cabin, there are only a handful of these suites available across the entire transcontinental journey from Darwin to Adelaide.
—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
In Old Sacramento State Historic Park, field-trippers visit the California State Railroad Museum to learn about how locomotives changed the West dramatically, delivering settlers and increasing transcontinental trade.
—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
Their exploit paved the way for future transcontinental road trips and became part of the mythology of the American open road.
—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcontinental
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The backstory Born holy to an order of Franciscan nuns, this 15th-century building settled into private hands before its 1993 reincarnation as Four Seasons’ first continental European outpost.
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His individual brilliance translated to team success, as Manchester City won a continental treble (victories in the Premier League championship; the Football Association (FA) Cup, England’s annual knockout tournament; and the Champions League) for the first time.
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“Transcontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcontinental. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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