continental

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Our continental spread allowed people to “light out for the territory,” in Mark Twain’s phrase, to shed one identity and assume another — a cowboy, maybe, or a con-man.

From Los Angeles Times

The findings, published Feb. 5 in Science, show that continental mantle earthquakes happen across the globe but tend to cluster in specific regions.

From Science Daily

One of the northernmost towns in the world, located halfway between continental Norway and the North Pole, Longyearbyen is home to 2,500 people.

From Barron's

Also, as Brexit took away some of the advantages of importing food from continental Europe, Senegal became increasingly more appealing.

From BBC

The same pattern was observed in Alaska's urban regions, which resemble small and medium sized cities in the continental US.

From Science Daily