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
Operating across five continents, AEG Presents’ tentpole events include the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, British Summer Time at Hyde Park, Stagecoach, Electric Forest, Rock En Seine, and All Points East.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Eurovision is looking to the future, and to other continents, with the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia due to take place in Bangkok in November.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
The backstory Opened in December 2022, the hotel is Hilton’s first luxury property in Morocco and the first in the country for the Conrad brand, which currently numbers a benchmark of nearly 50 properties across five continents.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
To a lesser extent, solutions journalism has also been practiced by news outlets on other continents, in countries such as South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, China, Colombia, and more.
—Karen McIntyre, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
This will be one of a record nine international games scheduled for the 2026 season, which will take place across four continents in seven countries.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Kormákur is an Icelandic filmmaker whose breakout was the 2006 crime drama Jar City and who has a tendency to bounce around both genres and continents.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
This one narrow passage influences fuel prices, insurance costs, shipping schedules, inflation expectations, and diplomatic posture across multiple continents.
—Tenzin Seldon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
The Persian Empire spanned three continents and was a diverse, multifarious federation of many tribes, ethnicities, and religious identities.
—Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Eurovision is looking to the future, and to other continents, with the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia due to take place in Bangkok in November.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
The backstory Opened in December 2022, the hotel is Hilton’s first luxury property in Morocco and the first in the country for the Conrad brand, which currently numbers a benchmark of nearly 50 properties across five continents.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
To a lesser extent, solutions journalism has also been practiced by news outlets on other continents, in countries such as South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, China, Colombia, and more.
—Karen McIntyre, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
This will be one of a record nine international games scheduled for the 2026 season, which will take place across four continents in seven countries.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Kormákur is an Icelandic filmmaker whose breakout was the 2006 crime drama Jar City and who has a tendency to bounce around both genres and continents.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
This one narrow passage influences fuel prices, insurance costs, shipping schedules, inflation expectations, and diplomatic posture across multiple continents.
—Tenzin Seldon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
The Persian Empire spanned three continents and was a diverse, multifarious federation of many tribes, ethnicities, and religious identities.
—Big Think, 23 Apr. 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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Planet operates a fleet of around 150 satellites that photograph most of Earth's landmasses on a daily basis.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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There was SimEarth in 1990, in which the player tunes a planet’s atmospheric conditions, sculpts its landmasses, plunks down life-forms.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Continents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continents. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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