supercontinent

noun

Definition of supercontinentnext
as in continent

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Recent Examples of supercontinent One of the most famous cases of continental rifting is the idea of Pangea, the supercontinent that broke up and formed the Atlantic Ocean hundreds of millions of years ago. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 The Gulf of Mexico formed about two hundred million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangea split up. — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 During the time Tanyka lived, Earth’s land was joined into the supercontinent Pangaea. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026 When several landmasses collided to form the supercontinent Pangea long before the dinosaurs, Earth’s crust shattered into discrete blocks and folded like a rug pushed against a wall, rising to form mountains spanning from the Appalachians to the Atlas. — Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for supercontinent
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  1. continent
  2. subcontinent
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  • Rams owner Stan Kroenke has agreed to buy the Angels, adding Major League Baseball to a portfolio that spans six leagues and two continents.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • On a continent that is already tightly integrated, Washington cannot fix its own exposure to Chinese coercion unless Mexico City and Ottawa fix theirs, too.
    — Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • The empire grew substantially during Nana Saheb’s accession, and the period saw the transformation of the Marathas from a regional power centered in Maharashtra into a dominant political force across much of the Indian subcontinent.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • My company specializes in cross-border remittance in places throughout the Indian subcontinent, northern and sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
    — Zaki Farooq, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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