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one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division
the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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In other models, conditions were milder and the development of cyanobacteria then depended upon the availability of freshwater and how much of Earth's landmass was above sea level.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
For the past 15,000 years, glaciers have moved across landmasses and formed mountain ranges, steep valleys, deep lakes and towering fjords.
—Darren Orf, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
By 1953, as decolonization swept the world, the Danish government, loath to give up ninety-eight per cent of its landmass, made Greenland a semi-autonomous part of its kingdom but retained de-facto control.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
The East Pilbara Terrain, which is part of the Pilbara Craton, contains an approximately 125-mile-diameter landmass containing mostly Paleoarchaean cratonic crust, estimated to be about 3.48 billion years old, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
For the past 15,000 years, glaciers have moved across landmasses and formed mountain ranges, steep valleys, deep lakes and towering fjords.
—Darren Orf, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
By 1953, as decolonization swept the world, the Danish government, loath to give up ninety-eight per cent of its landmass, made Greenland a semi-autonomous part of its kingdom but retained de-facto control.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
The East Pilbara Terrain, which is part of the Pilbara Craton, contains an approximately 125-mile-diameter landmass containing mostly Paleoarchaean cratonic crust, estimated to be about 3.48 billion years old, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmass. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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