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mainland

noun as in shore

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The Politburo’s response dynamically reflected the mainland populace’s pent-up anger, through pivoting towards more hardline stances and measures.

From Time

China’s box office revenue on New Year’s Day hit a new record as moviegoers flocked to cinemas across the mainland.

From Fortune

This week, Goldman Sachs said it was in the process of acquiring 100% ownership of its China joint venture, which would make it the first Wall Street bank with full control of a mainland securities firm.

From Fortune

I’ve been in the mainland for a long time now, it’s been like 20 years.

In a news release, Ige stressed the importance of keeping infection numbers down on an island that can’t afford to have its hospitals filled with coronavirus patients the same way that others have on the mainland.

In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “Red”-- China.

The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.

Palombo, who was on the mainland at the time, told him to move on.

Even now, the protest sites see a good number of Mainland Chinese tourists who stop by to read the posters and banners.

Shoppers from Mainland China arrived in droves, and gained front row seats to civil disobedience in action.

When all these ceremonies were finished, they carried him for burial to an isolated island, far from the mainland.

The mainland of the great northern cove and the eastern side of the Islands were thick with trees: oaks, buckeye, willows, madroo.

In Alderney, I am told, it has one small station on the mainland on the side nearest the French coast.

By the time of our return the tide had already risen several feet and we were rowed to the mainland in a boat.

Lake Luna was a-glare from the mainland to Cavern Island, and the freight boats had given over running until the spring break-up.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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