as in mainland
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
Europe and Asia are sometimes considered together to be one continent
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as in ascetical
given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
a religious sect that expects its unmarried members to be completely celibate and its married adherents to maintain continent relationships
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Recent Examples of continent
Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association now boasts over 400 leagues on six continents.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2023
The resilient East African nation has rebounded over the past three decades; so, too, has its lion population, via a cross-continent initiative led by AndBeyond, African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
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Noun
The discovery sheds light on the cultural exchanges between continents during that era.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association now boasts over 400 leagues on six continents.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The singer spent the past year flying around the world for her multi-continent Future Nostalgia tour and continued her jet-setting this past week with a trip to Groningen, Netherlands.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2023
The resilient East African nation has rebounded over the past three decades; so, too, has its lion population, via a cross-continent initiative led by AndBeyond, African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continent
Noun
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The plane was scheduled to fly to La Ceiba airport on the Honduran mainland.—
Joan Humberto Suazo,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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To put that tally into context, the whole of the U.K. has 10 and the total for mainland China is four.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The temperate weather eliminates the need for expensive insulation, heating systems, and other winter-proofing measures typical of northern builds.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
11 Mar. 2025
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Unlike the Antarctic of today, Late-Cretaceous Antarctica was warmer and wetter, with temperate weather and lush vegetation.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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While Mathu is an ascetic loner, Malby was a hedonistic womanizer.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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By the 18th century, the 13 major ascetic akharas, or sects of Hindu priests, played a central role in Kumbh Mela rituals.—
Aakash Hassan,
The Christian Science Monitor,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The solution offered up by some: the sort of abstemious, low-fat, often vegetarian, diets that had been prescribed as lust-control regimens only decades earlier.—
Rachel Hope Cleves / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Continent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continent. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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