transcontinental

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

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Recent Examples of transcontinental Selections include more playful designs—such as Star Wars droids, Disney villains, Mister Rogers and Bugs Bunny—and commemorative issues marking the transcontinental railroad and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 The original film ended with Law’s Graham and Diaz’s Amanda attempting to make their transcontinental romances work and ringing in the New Year together in Iris’ (Winslet) Surrey cottage. Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025 Union Pacific is calling this merger the nation’s first truly transcontinental railroad, although for practical purposes, the first complete rail connection was completed 156 years ago. Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025 The year that mother died, 1869, was the one when the transcontinental railroad linked us to the rest of the world. Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transcontinental
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  • Accor’s rail service continues the legacy of the fabled Belgian rail company, the Orient-Express train which embarked on its first journey, from Paris to Vienna, in 1883 and eventually extended services across continental Europe through to Istanbul.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Teams from the Women’s Super League in England, not to mention continental powerhouses such as Lyon, Wolfsburg and Barcelona got started earlier.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Transcontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcontinental. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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