transcontinental

as in continental
going across a continent the transcontinental railroad a six-hour transcontinental flight

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Recent Examples of transcontinental In its first two seasons, viewers have gone on transcontinental journeys, including an indelicate hotel manager in Hawaii and a strange love square in Italy. Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025 On a very different frontier — the transcontinental railroad — Alex Dutton is also in search of a home that will adopt her and her unborn child. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025 All three women were experienced pilots, and one held both the transcontinental speed and altitude flying records at the time. Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 The story of Rock Springs, as with many places in the American West, begins with the transcontinental railroad. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transcontinental
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  • This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The northern portion of the valley has a continental cold and windy winter and a hot Mediterranean summer, while the south experiences a more moderate Mediterranean climate year-round.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Transcontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcontinental. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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