Examples of landmass in a Sentence
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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For the past 15,000 years, glaciers have moved across landmasses and formed mountain ranges, steep valleys, deep lakes and towering fjords.
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Darren Orf, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
By 1953, as decolonization swept the world, the Danish government, loath to give up ninety-eight per cent of its landmass, made Greenland a semi-autonomous part of its kingdom but retained de-facto control.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
That far back, what would become Ohio would be somewhere in the southern hemisphere as part of a giant landmass called Rodinia.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration’s desire to make Greenland part of the US has caused considerable consternation among the Indigenous population of just 57,000 people—though this isn’t the first time that America has made a bid for ownership of this gargantuan Arctic landmass.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
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Darren Orf, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
By 1953, as decolonization swept the world, the Danish government, loath to give up ninety-eight per cent of its landmass, made Greenland a semi-autonomous part of its kingdom but retained de-facto control.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
That far back, what would become Ohio would be somewhere in the southern hemisphere as part of a giant landmass called Rodinia.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration’s desire to make Greenland part of the US has caused considerable consternation among the Indigenous population of just 57,000 people—though this isn’t the first time that America has made a bid for ownership of this gargantuan Arctic landmass.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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