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mainland

[meyn-land, -luhnd] / ˈmeɪnˌlænd, -lənd /
NOUN
shore
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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The firm estimates that if Futu exits all existing Mainland clients, its revenue would drop 20% and earnings would drop 30% in 2026.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Mainland Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 60.7 percent in January year-on-year, figures showed Wednesday, in the continued fallout from the countries' diplomatic spat.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Mainland seabird colonies and other coastal species may become increasingly vulnerable.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

In Mainland China, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 18% for the year, marking its strongest performance since 2019, after reaching its highest closing level in a decade in August.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Mainland Australia’s 300,000 hunter-gatherers were more numerous and less isolated than the Tasmanians but still constituted the smallest and most isolated human population of any of the continents.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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