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Recent Examples of supercontinent
The discovery highlights the importance of luck in scientific exploration and adds to our understanding of prehistoric life on the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
And each episode is one of those hotspots that defines both that place, but also, together, defines the whole of the supercontinent.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Three times in the modern era, the world has been convulsed by fights over the supercontinent and the waters around it.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Earlier research focused on the velocity of seismic waves, showing that wave speed slowed by about 2% upon arriving at the supercontinents.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
And each episode is one of those hotspots that defines both that place, but also, together, defines the whole of the supercontinent.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Three times in the modern era, the world has been convulsed by fights over the supercontinent and the waters around it.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Earlier research focused on the velocity of seismic waves, showing that wave speed slowed by about 2% upon arriving at the supercontinents.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
Noun
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Other countries must compete in qualifiers against nations from the same continent, followed by some inter-continental play-offs for certain countries.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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The population of great bustards, Otis tarda, is now down to less than 80 individuals, with some experts estimating the species will go extinct on the African continent by 2036.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Overall, a market adjustment may be required by importers of light sweet crude, especially out in Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to the East.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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These surcharges will be applied to export shipments to destinations across the U.S., the rest of North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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