The transcontinental flight flew from L.A. to New York. From LearnThat.org.
The continental United States. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The continental divide. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A continental breakfast. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The continental Army. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The term continental US also means the 48 contiguous states, although Alaska is geographically part of the continental US. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
But also as president, he took the major steps that were necessary to create what he called a continental empire for liberty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2004] Reference
I use "brunch" advisedly because it was really just doughnuts, bagels, and muffins -- what they call a continental breakfast in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Planning a Meal] Reference
Melissa, well it's one year in continental Europe!. From Wordnik.com. [What a difference a year makes] Reference
We have more support on the political side in continental Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Novartis CEO Dan Vasella stands up to protesters] Reference
In the U.K., police are much more active than in continental Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Novartis CEO Dan Vasella stands up to protesters] Reference
They were much more uneasy in continental countries than we were here. From Wordnik.com. [The League of Nations and International Labour Conference Geneva, 1921] Reference
So far, I believe continental is the only international airline that flies into QRO. From Wordnik.com. [airline tickets] Reference
The opera succeeded in continental Europe, but two separate London productions failed. From Wordnik.com. [Article Abstracts] Reference
English has roots in continental European languages where gender assignment is a norm rather than an exception. From Wordnik.com. [Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Product has too little media to be sustaniable in continental North America especially when planted with grasses. From Wordnik.com. [GREEN ROOF TILES by Toyota Roof Garden | Inhabitat] Reference
Otto von Bismarck, the father of the Second Reich in continental Europe, would recognize the emerging Pacific system. From Wordnik.com. [How We Would Fight China] Reference
A cosmopolitan from conviction (versed in continental traditions) whose voice remained distinctly American at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Richard Rorty] Reference
It has been a matter of consistent policy to build up our business in continental Europe and, equally, on this huge continent. From Wordnik.com. [Pushing the PerimetersThe Changing International Business Scene] Reference
You cannot have, as you can in continental states, a big army which protects one part and another big army which protects another part. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Defence and Tariff Reform] Reference
If Great Britain had not called continental auxiliaries to her aid in. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884] Reference
For example, there is that nasty little thing called continental drift. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This accumulation of sediments is properly known as the continental rise. From Wordnik.com. [Physiography of the Earth's terrestrial surface] Reference
This shallowly submerged extension of the land is known as the continental shelf. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
The climate can be characterized as continental, with cool summers and cold winters. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA)] Reference
By a gigantic measure, known as the continental system, he sought to undermine her power. From Wordnik.com. [Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4] Reference
The boundary between the continental slope and shelf is called the continental shelf break. From Wordnik.com. [Physiography of the Earth's terrestrial surface] Reference
University of Virginia, Jefferson had in mind the so-called continental type of university. From Wordnik.com. [University of Virginia] Reference
This strip of land is like a bench upon the side of the continent, and is known as the continental plateau. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
These ledges are called the continental shelves, and stretch along the entire expanse of the Atlantic coast. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic Ocean] Reference
Africa for millions of years before what is generally referred to as the continental drift separated our two continents. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
During the Revolutionary War, the continental Congress authorized the printing of paper currency called continental currency. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Unlike Barth's work, Emil Brunner's did not dwell on what is alternatively called continental, Hegelian, and German dialectic. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Because continents, such as North America, often ride piggy-back on plates, their movement is referred to as continental drift. From Wordnik.com. [plate tectonics] Reference
These ledges are called the continental shelves, and in the Arctic these shelves underlie about two-thirds of the Arctic Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Arctic Ocean] Reference
And when I was that age, there was a thing called continental drift that still wasn't accepted enough to make it into the textbook. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2007] Reference
Unlike many countries in continental Europe, our police forces aren’t gendarmeries (i.e., police forces with specifically military origins). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » EEOC Concludes Company Should Have Reasonably Accommodated Employee’s Felt Religious Obligation to Wear a Headscarf ] Reference
The Austrian currency appears to be in a worse condition than even our own "continental" at the close of the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Owing to the diathermancy of the atmosphere already referred to, it is a fact, nevertheless, that in the "continental" or inland districts of. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
And on the spot, as she told it, she came up with this combination Nina Simone, which when pronounced like that has kind of continental flare. From Wordnik.com. ['Princess' Nina Simone: The Voice Of A Movement] Reference
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