continental
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When sea levels were high, shallow continental shelves covered a larger area.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
In 2023, the SRT secured funding from Natural England to explore whether the insect could be successfully reintroduced to Britain using donor populations from continental Europe.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Donovan highlighted that the issue is not that the U.K. is losing its population of millionaires, but that growth is happening from an already large base in comparison with continental Europe.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
For South Africa, that success is part of a continental soccer resurgence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Because of its tropical location and great diversity in topography and habitats, New Guinea is rich in both plant and animal species, though less so than continental tropical areas because it is an island.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
"If you don't do this and let the continentals get ahead, then they will start to undermine the cement ... which is clearing, settlement and transactions," Hodson said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2021
Britain used to be seen by continentals as quirky and occasionally awkward - but reliably pragmatic on the economy.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2017
Even among continentals, the post-Brexit fall of the pound seems to have compensated for whatever affront they may have taken.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2016
A complaint many continentals and Britons north of Oxford often make of those in between.
From Economist ● Oct. 19, 2012
The prejudice that islanders are supposed to learn from superior continentals wasn’t the sole reason why record-breaking Japanese pottery caused such a shock.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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