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Example sentences from the Web for continents When the artist themselves is often continents away, those artistic decisions are made by the artisan.
Damien Hirst’s Army of Geppettos | Tim Teeman| December 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
With an unprecedented epidemic spreading across countries and continents , including our own, it should give us reason, too.
Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola | Abby Haglage| October 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In the seven months since the epidemic began, Ebola has spread across borders, countries, and now continents .
Why Isn't Silicon Valley Doing More to Fight Ebola? | Abby Haglage| October 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Mars has no tectonic plates—no continents , in other words—and no ginormous moon.
The Best Map of Mars Yet | Matthew R. Francis| July 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I ended up an investment banker at J.P. Morgan & Co, eventually serving as a managing director on three continents .
A Catholic Ex-Banker on Pope Francis’s Radical Views | Chris Lowney| December 15, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Coasts and islands have a tendency to a cool spring and warm autumn; continents , to similar temperatures in both spring and fall.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 | Various
Some of the most characteristic features of the scenery of two continents seem to be epitomised in the district all around.
Capitals of the Northlands | Ian C. Hannah
Little did I think when I acted under the Klieg lights that the fate of two continents would some day depend on this gift of mine.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | Various
As a rule, insular countries are richer in cloud scenery than continents .
Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland | T. O. Russell
So remarkable a contrast is doubtless explicable by the different geological histories of the two continents .
South America Observations and Impressions | James Bryce
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Words related to continents estate, soil, terrain, home, earth, continent, ground, plot, district, area, field, homeland, territory, beach, province, parcel, countryside, acreage, tract, nation
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The large parts of the surface of the Earth that rise above sea level. The seven major continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
notes for continents Continents are made from the lightest rocks in the Earth. Some of these are also the oldest known rocks on Earth, with an age of 3.5 billion years, measured by radioactive dating.
notes for continents According to the theory of plate tectonics, continents move along piggy-back on the tectonic plates like rafts floating on water.
Words nearby continents continental seating, continental shelf, continental slope, continental system, continently, continents , contingence, contingency, contingency fee, contingency fund, contingency plan
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