INTERCONTINENTAL Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

intercontinental

adjective

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Recent Examples of intercontinental The base is responsible for launching satellites into polar orbit and conducting intercontinental ballistic missile tests. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 China last conducted a missile test in the Pacific two years ago, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead, the first since 1980. — Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Eurovision will continue its intercontinental expansion in 2027 by allowing Canada to compete, according to the BBC. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026 The Pony Express is remembered for its speed of its service, its 24-hour relay of riders, and as the fastest route of communication between the East and West until the arrival of the intercontinental telegraph. — Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for intercontinental

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Lucky for roughage lovers, McKinnon’s salad daring also made the transcontinental move.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026
During much of the 2010s, Beijing poured billions of dollars into in Latin American infrastructure, such as ports, massive dams, and even a transcontinental railway meant to link Peru’s Pacific coast to Brazil’s Atlantic.

— Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of transcontinental

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McAtee was seen as a player who was at his best in the final third, somebody with the quality to, one day, make the step up to the senior international side.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Colombia has begun receiving international aid and rescuers after initially refusing some offers in the crucial hours following Monday’s devastating earthquake.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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