contiguous

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To address this gap, the researchers developed a framework to examine temperature changes across the contiguous 48 United States, allowing for a more precise comparison of how warming unfolds in different locations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

SpaceX’s Nicholls said that his company plans to launch its direct-to-cell capable satellites in mid-2027 and can put up a constellation capable of “global and contiguous coverage” within six months.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

And could states not physically contiguous to Pakistan or India choose to join either?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

California is home to an estimated 60,000 black bears, the highest population estimate in the contiguous United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

The series of contiguous physical events has rendered the child’s body so different from the one I glance down on at this moment; the very atoms that composed her body no longer compose mine.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker