as in mainlands
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
Europe and Asia are sometimes considered together to be one continent
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Recent Examples of continents
My path has crossed languages and cultures, continents and genres, sometimes gracefully, sometimes a little painfully, but always guided by curiosity and deep faith in cinema.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The projects that made the Prada foundation cut – out of a massive more than 1,200 submissions – hail from 26 countries across 5 continents.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Explora Journeys has just unveiled a breathtaking new adventure on the seas that will span four continents and 63 destinations, everywhere from Barcelona to Australia to Peru, aboard its luxe Explora 1 ship.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2026
The film’s narrative is built from stories Yo told me about her past – epic tales spanning eight decades and three continents, inviting us into her detailed memories and pivotal moments of transformation.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
His organization spans three continents and operates under an engineering model designed to maintain momentum around the clock.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
My formal interest in visual communication is highly influenced by my formative years spent on three continents and by the conviction that art and design are deeply civic.
—Kathryn Savage, Artforum, 10 Feb. 2026
Mansour owns clubs in Denmark and Egypt, as well as Right to Dream, a network of youth academies on three different continents.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Lane has worked her way through more than 50 countries across all seven continents, trying everything from snowshoeing in Antarctica to glacier trekking in the French Alps.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The projects that made the Prada foundation cut – out of a massive more than 1,200 submissions – hail from 26 countries across 5 continents.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Explora Journeys has just unveiled a breathtaking new adventure on the seas that will span four continents and 63 destinations, everywhere from Barcelona to Australia to Peru, aboard its luxe Explora 1 ship.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2026
The film’s narrative is built from stories Yo told me about her past – epic tales spanning eight decades and three continents, inviting us into her detailed memories and pivotal moments of transformation.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
His organization spans three continents and operates under an engineering model designed to maintain momentum around the clock.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
My formal interest in visual communication is highly influenced by my formative years spent on three continents and by the conviction that art and design are deeply civic.
—Kathryn Savage, Artforum, 10 Feb. 2026
Mansour owns clubs in Denmark and Egypt, as well as Right to Dream, a network of youth academies on three different continents.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Lane has worked her way through more than 50 countries across all seven continents, trying everything from snowshoeing in Antarctica to glacier trekking in the French Alps.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for continents
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The two mainlands themselves are only 55 miles apart where Alaska's Seward Peninsula and Russia's Chukotka Peninsula sit on opposite sides of the Bering Sea.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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When several landmasses collided to form the supercontinent Pangea long before the dinosaurs, Earth’s crust shattered into discrete blocks and folded like a rug pushed against a wall, rising to form mountains spanning from the Appalachians to the Atlas.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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With a constellation of eyes in the sky, forecasters could suddenly monitor conditions over oceans and remote landmasses, filling in major gaps in their models and providing an early warning system about potential storms forming far away.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Continents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continents. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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