continental
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By recognizing the surviving fragments of these ancient structures, scientists can better reconstruct how tectonic plates descended beneath one another, how volcanic arcs shifted, how continental crust grew, and how once-vast oceans eventually closed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Whitney is the tallest mountain in the continental United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Seven of those goals came in the Women's Champions League as Barcelona claimed a fourth continental title in six seasons.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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
It seems just another fair-sized town in the middle—almost the exact middle—of the continental United States.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
"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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