as in continental
going across a continent
the transcontinental railroad a six-hour transcontinental flight
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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.
—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
The United States was connected from coast to coast by the first transcontinental railroad.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
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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.
—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
The United States was connected from coast to coast by the first transcontinental railroad.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for transcontinental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcontinental
continental
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Built with thick walls of coquina, the Castillo remains the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The elite competition would have guaranteed permanent participation for 12 to 15 teams, plus a handful of rotating annual participants, in a new, multibillion-dollar continental competition.—
Kirk Bowman,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
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“Transcontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcontinental. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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