mainland
Example Sentences
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Last month, trading volume across mainland Chinese stock exchanges reached a record high.
Ms. MacDonald notes, only the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland separated them.
The city's press still retains a much larger degree of freedom compared to their counterparts in mainland China.
From Barron's
He skipped the mainland U.S. on his last tour, citing fears that his fans would be targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times
Archives recount how former occupiers in the 20th Century used to remove their shoes to wade back and forth to the mainland.
From BBC
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