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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Some of the group members had reportedly ended up on the islet after the Greek authorities captured them on the mainland and forced them back into the river.
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Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
That’s piling pressure on Hong Kong’s six pandas, the biggest population outside of mainland China.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 14 Feb. 2025
Zhuang, a senior who studied art, was originally from mainland China and was living in California on a student visa.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The long-term ecological consequences of these human interventions may have set the scene for an explosion in mainland penguin populations.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
That’s piling pressure on Hong Kong’s six pandas, the biggest population outside of mainland China.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 14 Feb. 2025
Zhuang, a senior who studied art, was originally from mainland China and was living in California on a student visa.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The long-term ecological consequences of these human interventions may have set the scene for an explosion in mainland penguin populations.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Mainland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainland. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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