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Recent Examples of supercontinent
During this time, supercontinents like Columbia and Rodinia formed and remained relatively unchanged, while Earth’s atmosphere lingered at oxygen levels far below today’s breathable air.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The discovery highlights the importance of luck in scientific exploration and adds to our understanding of prehistoric life on the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
And each episode is one of those hotspots that defines both that place, but also, together, defines the whole of the supercontinent.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Three times in the modern era, the world has been convulsed by fights over the supercontinent and the waters around it.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The discovery highlights the importance of luck in scientific exploration and adds to our understanding of prehistoric life on the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
And each episode is one of those hotspots that defines both that place, but also, together, defines the whole of the supercontinent.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Three times in the modern era, the world has been convulsed by fights over the supercontinent and the waters around it.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
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President Trump, Vice President Vance React to First American Pope Announcement World leaders across continents extended messages of hope, unity and spiritual solidarity Thursday after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The cardinals come from 71 countries across five continents, according to Vatican News, and 108 of the 135 cardinals were appointed by Pope Francis.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Overall, a market adjustment may be required by importers of light sweet crude, especially out in Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to the East.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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These surcharges will be applied to export shipments to destinations across the U.S., the rest of North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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