mainland

Example Sentences

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This opens up commercial trade routes from Asia to Europe, either above Russia, or north of Alaska and Canada's mainland, and down past Greenland.

From BBC

We even see the beginnings of a turnaround in the company’s business in mainland China, which grew by mid- to high-single digits in the latest quarter.

From Barron's

It will mark the first time the Tour de France Femmes has ever started outside mainland Europe.

From BBC

Aside from the ongoing menace of nuclear annihilation, the biggest threat we’ve faced as a country was 9/11 when the country’s mainland was attacked by al-Qaeda.

From Salon

Webb, who became a Hong Kong permanent resident, believed that the former British colony's success was its "differentiation" from mainland China.

From Barron's