as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
complained that today's youth doesn't care a continental about their elders
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Recent Examples of continental
Wired, 22 Aug. 2019
Many of these airlines also have different policies for intra-continental, short-haul flights, which are not included here.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2018
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025
This area is part of the East African Rift System (EARS), home to an active continental rift zone, where one plate is slowly pulling away from another one.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2025
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Noun
Today, greater migration rates among college graduates often necessitates cross-country, if not cross-continental, travel.
—Wired, 22 Aug. 2019
Many of these airlines also have different policies for intra-continental, short-haul flights, which are not included here.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2018
Adjective
But where once the club stood atop the commercial mountain domestically, now they’ve been surpassed, and have fallen further behind continental rivals.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025
This area is part of the East African Rift System (EARS), home to an active continental rift zone, where one plate is slowly pulling away from another one.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continental
Noun
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And as far as luxurious treats go, well, the afternoon high tea there is not to be missed, and the theme changing monthly offers the strongest argument yet to treat oneself ad infinitum without giving a tinker’s damn about the current economy.—
Timothy DePeugh,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2025
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Since the death of Tom Petty meant an end to his primary job in 2017, Tench has still been visible in the background as a member of the house band in practically any tribute show that’s worth a damn.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ukraine had a long history of constructing intercontinental ballistic missiles, but no longer possesses any ICBMs.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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There’s the ever-present threat from North Korea, which has rapidly modernized its armed forces, developing new weapons and testing intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach almost anywhere in the United States.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Vie comes on the heels of Doja’s 2023 album Scarlet, whit hit No. 4 on the Billboard 200.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For that, the creation of the transcontinental network to help develop the project is key, and per Durán Rojas will likely remain so.—
Marina E. Franco,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2025
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The book falls short in its attempt to tie Yin Manor’s haunted nature to the exploitation of the thousands of Chinese migrants who built the Western half of the first transcontinental railroad, however.—
Ilana Masad,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The tacky-meter reaches new heights when Brit presents the Housewives (of course no one else got gift bags) some of her shapewear in sad cardboard boxes without a lick of tissue paper or even a measly bow.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
26 May 2025
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The cat appears pleased during the grooming session, taking the licks with closed eyes and a content expression.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Josh Meyer is a veteran correspondent focusing on domestic, national and global security issues, including transnational criminal organizations.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Authorities say this illicit petroleum smuggling has become a primary funding source for the transnational criminal organizations, which also include the Sinaloa cartel.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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The film is full of visual gags like that, many of which do little to move the plot forward.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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Well, who said field days are just for the littles?—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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For multinational organizations, facility management data can help standardize sustainability practices across diverse regulatory environments.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Once confined to prison networks in Venezuela’s Aragua state, TDA has grown into a sprawling, multinational criminal syndicate.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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“Continental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continental. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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