as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
complained that today's youth doesn't care a continental about their elders
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Recent Examples of continental
Wired, 22 Aug. 2019
Many of these airlines also have different policies for intra-continental, short-haul flights, which are not included here.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2018
Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Breakfast at Orchids is Gold Medal winning—starting with a sweeping continental spread with granola and cereals, lemon cakes, brownies, pastries and croissants, freshly squeezed fruit juices, meats and cheeses, locally sourced Ballycotton smoked salmon, smoothies—and even a mimosa station.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Today, greater migration rates among college graduates often necessitates cross-country, if not cross-continental, travel.
—Wired, 22 Aug. 2019
Many of these airlines also have different policies for intra-continental, short-haul flights, which are not included here.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2018
Adjective
According to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), mockingbirds live in more than half of the continental United States, while flamingos are mostly found in the Sunshine State and throughout the Caribbean.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Breakfast at Orchids is Gold Medal winning—starting with a sweeping continental spread with granola and cereals, lemon cakes, brownies, pastries and croissants, freshly squeezed fruit juices, meats and cheeses, locally sourced Ballycotton smoked salmon, smoothies—and even a mimosa station.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
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But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024
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North Korea tests ballistic missile as Blinken visits South Korea North Korea has embarked on an intense program of weapons tests in recent years, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, medium-range rockets and hypersonic weapons.David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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In the late 1950s, for instance, U.S. officials came to believe that the Soviets had a much larger and more sophisticated stockpile of intercontinental ballistic missiles.Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.The Editors, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
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The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
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The transcontinental connection would start with wind, solar, and hydropower generated in Azerbaijan and Georgia, and off-shore wind power generated in the Caspian Sea.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2024
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Early on in the film, there are mentions of Peter’s brother, who has been transferred to Paris, funding the transcontinental airfare, including the adults’ first class tickets.Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Trust me on this one, from personal experience: Good luck getting an Uber driver who speaks a lick of English at Miami International Airport.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Get in your last licks Once the bars close at 1 a.m., Provincetown quickly goes dark.Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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The New Orleans attacker claimed in social media videos to have been inspired by the Islamic State – a transnational radical Islamist terror group – President Joe Biden said.Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2025
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The world’s multilateral architecture is the best mechanism humanity has for confronting existential transnational threats.Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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Forest’s manager is notorious for giving little away, but his body language spoke volumes: smiling, upbeat, eager to get going.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
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Showing exasperation with the players involved does little to inspire confidence in them, and communicates to supporters that a manager is thinking about their own brand as much as the side’s performance.Michael Cox, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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In 2018, there were 625 multinational companies with regional headquarters in Shanghai.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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In an increasingly fragmented world, such an effort can be at least one major multinational source for protecting the wellbeing of humanity.William A. Haseltine, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Continental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continental. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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