continent
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The harder question is how early human groups separated, moved, reconnected, and shaped one another across the continent.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
For society, the telephone collapsed a massive continent into a single, interconnected neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The continent imports about one-third of its supply—and 75% of that, or around 375,000 barrels, comes from the Middle East.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
This phenomenon is most evident on the African continent, where the number and weight of acts of terrorist violence have shifted from the Middle East and South Asia in recent years.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
By modern times, only one percent of the continent was free of ice.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing continent
Physical Geography - Introductory
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