as in continental
going across a continent
the transcontinental railroad a six-hour transcontinental flight
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Recent Examples of transcontinental
The fictional late-19th-century tycoon, played by Morgan Spector, has his sights set on conquering westward trade and travel with a transcontinental railroad project.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Susan Choi’s eerie, multi-generational transcontinental mystery saga Flashlight, her fifth novel (after the National Book Award winning Trust Exercise) evolves from a short story published in The New Yorker in August 2020.
—Jane Ciabattari
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
One of the key parts of the novel is the construction of the transcontinental railway line, the greatest technological feat of the 19th century.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
If your cousin embarked on a transcontinental ocean voyage only never to return, your perception of such a trip’s risk would have been swayed.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Susan Choi’s eerie, multi-generational transcontinental mystery saga Flashlight, her fifth novel (after the National Book Award winning Trust Exercise) evolves from a short story published in The New Yorker in August 2020.
—Jane Ciabattari
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
One of the key parts of the novel is the construction of the transcontinental railway line, the greatest technological feat of the 19th century.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
If your cousin embarked on a transcontinental ocean voyage only never to return, your perception of such a trip’s risk would have been swayed.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for transcontinental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transcontinental
continental
Adjective
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The experience is even more special to the director coming from a small European country, given the festival’s push for continental collaboration.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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But perhaps driven by continued lust for continental superiority, Mexican clubs have increasingly become exporters rather than developers of talent.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Transcontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcontinental. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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