continental
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It also helps researchers refine geological models of an area shaped by repeated episodes of ocean closure and continental collision.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Whitney is the tallest mountain in the continental United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Germany is also home to the only private company that has sent a rocket into orbit from continental Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
First of all, Alaska is a full 900 time zones behind the continental United States, so its counting won’t be done until late.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
No one has the faintest idea how or why Yellowstone’s ended up beneath a continental plate.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
"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
Spare a thought for the crazies the continentals are stuck with.
From Economist ● Jun. 1, 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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