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the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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The nearly two-square-mile landmass was left surrounded by the waters of Alsek Lake after the glacier of the same name, which once encircled a small mountain known as Prow Knob near its terminus, lost contact with the mountain this summer.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The company estimates that with aerial refueling, the aircraft could give carrier air wings an operational footprint of 11 million square miles, larger than the landmass of North America.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
In our modern age of environmental devastation, omnipresent microplastics, and a floating landmass of garbage twice the size of Texas, only one superhero truly represents the sign of these dire times — the Toxic Avenger!
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The property stretches on for a stunning 916,076 acres, accounting for about 1 percent of the state's total landmass—larger than the entire state of Rhode Island.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The company estimates that with aerial refueling, the aircraft could give carrier air wings an operational footprint of 11 million square miles, larger than the landmass of North America.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
In our modern age of environmental devastation, omnipresent microplastics, and a floating landmass of garbage twice the size of Texas, only one superhero truly represents the sign of these dire times — the Toxic Avenger!
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The property stretches on for a stunning 916,076 acres, accounting for about 1 percent of the state's total landmass—larger than the entire state of Rhode Island.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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