as in continent
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
the boat back to the mainland leaves once every two days
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Recent Examples of mainland
However, upon returning to the U.S. mainland, immigration agents stopped Muñoz to question her citizenship status.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The Macao casinos draw much of their clientele from mainland China, Japan and South Korea—all targets in Trump’s tariff war.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
North Sentinel Island is a land mass roughly the size of Manhattan in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, about 750 miles from the Indian mainland.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
However, these chips are sent from Taiwan to mainland Chinese factories where the phones are assembled.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The Macao casinos draw much of their clientele from mainland China, Japan and South Korea—all targets in Trump’s tariff war.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
North Sentinel Island is a land mass roughly the size of Manhattan in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, about 750 miles from the Indian mainland.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
However, these chips are sent from Taiwan to mainland Chinese factories where the phones are assembled.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Mainland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainland. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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