continental U.S.

noun

: the states of the U.S. except for Hawaii

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Travel to and from Hawaii from the continental U.S., and San Juan, Puerto Rico must be between April 28 and May 21. Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2025 The sun will also hang around an hour later in the evening, contributing to an unseemly 8:30 sunset in most of the continental U.S. and the absurdity of an 11:44 p.m. sunset in Alaska on the June 21 summer solstice. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025 Dubbed the Wet Hot All-American Summer Tour, the first All-American Rejects tour in a decade covered the continental U.S. and featured rotating support from The Get Up Kids, New Found Glory, Motion City Soundtrack and The Starting Line. Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025 By Khari Johnson | CalMatters California residents now pay the highest price for electricity in the continental U.S., state analysts reported last month. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for continental U.S.

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“Continental U.S..” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continental%20U.S.. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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