Examples of landmass in a Sentence
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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Tōhoku encompasses a fifth of Japan’s landmass, so there's plenty of room to roam.
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
The submerged area called the Madura Strait was once part of a landmass called Sundaland, which connected the Indonesian archipelago to mainland Asia.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
In terms of landmass, Brazil ranks third in the Western Hemisphere behind the United Stated and Canada.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
However, in reality, the preponderance of large landmasses in the Northern Hemisphere works the other way and overall tends to make our winters colder and summers hotter than those of the Southern Hemisphere.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 June 2025
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
The submerged area called the Madura Strait was once part of a landmass called Sundaland, which connected the Indonesian archipelago to mainland Asia.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
In terms of landmass, Brazil ranks third in the Western Hemisphere behind the United Stated and Canada.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
However, in reality, the preponderance of large landmasses in the Northern Hemisphere works the other way and overall tends to make our winters colder and summers hotter than those of the Southern Hemisphere.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 June 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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