as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
complained that today's youth doesn't care a continental about their elders
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Recent Examples of continental
Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Set in 19th century America, the story follows former jockey Johnny Joestar and mysterious outlaw Gyro Zeppeli in a cross-continental horse race.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 June 2018
Goals, fame and second-tier continental, as well as league success, came to the Brazilian, who became only the second man to break the world transfer record twice, all before his 21st birthday.
—SI.com, 27 May 2018
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Noun
Begiristain would have been content to go after Istanbul in 2023, the night City won a continental treble and finally scratched the Champions League itch.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Set in 19th century America, the story follows former jockey Johnny Joestar and mysterious outlaw Gyro Zeppeli in a cross-continental horse race.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Organizers of the Asian Games—a pan-continental, multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia—have confirmed eSports will be a demonstration event later this year.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 June 2018
Goals, fame and second-tier continental, as well as league success, came to the Brazilian, who became only the second man to break the world transfer record twice, all before his 21st birthday.
—SI.com, 27 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continental
Noun
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This architecture was devised during the Cold War and is optimized for nuclear conflict and intercontinental ballistic missiles.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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Surely Putin was in a panic at that point, for had NATO even threatened to take any action—such as blowing up the Kursk bridge and thereby trapping his army in Ukraine—he would have been left with the choice of surrender or all-out intercontinental nuclear war.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After 40 minutes, his energy hasn’t flagged a whit.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Union Pacific is calling this merger the nation’s first truly transcontinental railroad, although for practical purposes, the first complete rail connection was completed 156 years ago.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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In this day in 1951: The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place when President Harry S. Truman delivered the opening speech for the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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TikTok @evelynmmartin The dog jumps onto the grassy area, shakes his head with his whole body moving in excitement, and jumps up to greet Martin, showering her with licks and nuzzles before spinning excitedly in a circle.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The roads became thick with mud, the numbers in his Company were diminishing, and on a night in June the Company advanced to dig a further trench, only to retreat again immediately having not made a lick of progress—but not without suffering the fatality of his friend, Thomas.—
Alice Vernon
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All this points to the inherent limitations of leaving it to individuals to stop industrial-level transnational fraud.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Monitoring a transnational gang like Tren de Aragua would typically fall under the purview of Homeland Security Investigations, which is a branch of ICE.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pattern continues without the game, with the introduction of Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke doing little to improve things.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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While the regulator polices insider trading and market manipulation, companies are allowed to publish the bare minimum in public reporting, which does little to reassure skeptical investors.—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Hollywood blockbusters stolen Hale worked at a multinational DVD and Blu-ray distribution company that handled films for major studios.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Oracle’s relocation of its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin in 2020 and Tesla’s Gigafactory opening in 2021 highlight how multinational businesses create strategic value that outlasts short-term incentives.—
Kevin Cushnie,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Continental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continental. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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