as in continent
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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Recent Examples of landmass
The route likely involved crossing from Borneo (then part of a landmass known as Sunda) to Sulawesi and other islands that form a region scientists call Wallacea, before reaching Sahul.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Abu Dhabi is the biggest by landmass of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the second most populous after Dubai, while its main city is both the capital of the emirate and the wider UAE.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Since 1850, it's lost two-thirds of its landmass to erosion and sea level rise.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
These tools lay undisturbed for millennia in sand deposits from an ancient landmass known as Thorney Island, which purportedly supported prehistoric communities, placing the foundation of the Parliament site much further back in time.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Abu Dhabi is the biggest by landmass of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the second most populous after Dubai, while its main city is both the capital of the emirate and the wider UAE.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Since 1850, it's lost two-thirds of its landmass to erosion and sea level rise.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
These tools lay undisturbed for millennia in sand deposits from an ancient landmass known as Thorney Island, which purportedly supported prehistoric communities, placing the foundation of the Parliament site much further back in time.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landmass
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This neighborhood, peopled almost entirely by the people who claim to have been driven from Poland and Russia, is the eyesore of New York and perhaps the filthiest place on the western continent.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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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
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Path of annularity The eclipse will rise over mainland Antarctica and set off the Davis Sea coast of the Southern Ocean.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny and others have frequently criticized the reliability of the United States' territory's utilities compared to the mainland.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmass. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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