mainland
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Island birds are more innovative than mainland ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The island tree is shorter and bushier, its bark thicker and its cones rounder than the mainland tree.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The Indians who arrived from the mainland are also sceptical.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Wedged between Bangladesh, China and Myanmar, the northeast has long felt culturally distant from the mainland, with many from the region speaking of being treated as outsiders in their own country.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Then the newly soft crabs will be packed in eelgrass and the boxes taken to Captain Billy’s for shipping to the mainland.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing mainland
East Asia - Middle School
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Southeast Asia - Introductory
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East Asia - Introductory
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