continent
Example Sentences
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EU funding, he said, means that “Together, we are defending the future of our continent.”
Despite the ocean and continent that now separated us, it seemed I was losing Graham more to bad timing than to time zones.
From Los Angeles Times
"It is such an exciting time when the whole of Africa kind of bands together as a continent to celebrate."
From BBC
The country’s minority whites, mainly descendants of Dutch and other European settlers in South Africa, are some of the richest in the continent’s most advanced economy, owning vast farmlands, factories and other business empires.
Delta added that Hauenstein led the team that grew the carrier’s primarily domestic operation to a global presence flying to six continents.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
