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Transcontinental in a sentence

Transcontinental meaning

Crossing or spanning a continent.

Synonyms of Transcontinental

Using Transcontinental

  • The main meaning on this page is: Crossing or spanning a continent.
  • Useful related words include: continental.
  • In the example corpus, transcontinental often appears in combinations such as: transcontinental railroad, the transcontinental, first transcontinental.

Context around Transcontinental

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Transcontinental

  • In this selection, "transcontinental" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, taggart, first, flying, railroad, jet and american stand out and add context to how "transcontinental" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a remarkable transcontinental journey after and and taggart transcontinental. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "transcontinental" sits close to words such as accumulates, admiralty and adventurers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with transcontinental

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The track was expanded to Darwin in 2004, creating Australia’s first north-south transcontinental railway link. (17 words)

If you haven’t considered visiting this transcontinental country yet, then I would highly recommend doing so. (17 words)

Taking into account the stake owned in Transcontinental Realty Investors, in my view, the stock appears quite undervalued. (18 words)

The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 at Promontory Summit on the north side of the Great Salt Lake. citation A railroad was connected to the city from the Transcontinental Railroad in 1870, making travel less burdensome. (38 words)

He initially appears as an unnamed menial worker for Taggart Transcontinental, who often dines with Eddie Willers in the employees' cafeteria, and leads Eddie to reveal important information about Dagny Taggart and Taggart Transcontinental. (34 words)

Harley-Davidson owners log countless miles on their bikes each year, but one 2004 Softail Night Train took a remarkable transcontinental journey after the 2011 tsunami that devastated Japan's northern coast. (32 words)

Or, two transcontinental company executives talking to each other and signing multimillion dollar deals without the need for a bridge language or an interpreter? (24 words)

Example sentences (20)

He initially appears as an unnamed menial worker for Taggart Transcontinental, who often dines with Eddie Willers in the employees' cafeteria, and leads Eddie to reveal important information about Dagny Taggart and Taggart Transcontinental.

The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 at Promontory Summit on the north side of the Great Salt Lake. citation A railroad was connected to the city from the Transcontinental Railroad in 1870, making travel less burdensome.

Transcontinental American has dedicated 17 Airbus A321s in its fleet for the specific use of flying transcontinental routes between New York JFK–Los Angeles and New York JFK–San Francisco.

Abraham Lincoln campaigned for the transcontinental railroad, Theodore Roosevelt created the National Park Service, and Dwight D. Eisenhower established the interstate highway system, the staffers also noted.

Or, two transcontinental company executives talking to each other and signing multimillion dollar deals without the need for a bridge language or an interpreter?

Taking into account the stake owned in Transcontinental Realty Investors, in my view, the stock appears quite undervalued.

Despite the public’s fascination with aviation, this transcontinental service never turned a profit, even with their relatively high fares.

Harley-Davidson owners log countless miles on their bikes each year, but one 2004 Softail Night Train took a remarkable transcontinental journey after the 2011 tsunami that devastated Japan's northern coast.

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The track was expanded to Darwin in 2004, creating Australia’s first north-south transcontinental railway link.

Centring on the lawless encampment that serviced the building of the first transcontinental railroad in post-Civil War America, and the various characters that lived, worked and died there.

Such a jet would fly about 2.5 times faster than the typical transcontinental jet of today and harken back to the famed Concorde.

The Pacific Acts’ transcontinental line formed by the Central Pacific (CP) and Union Pacific (UP) was financed with gigantic federal land and bond subsidies.

The six-hour LAX flight is being operated by an Airbus A321T, with the T standing for ‘transcontinental’.

But part of the long-term vision involves reducing the journey times and environmental impact of transcontinental flight.

Christine Oreskovich, publisher of the Coast, said they were informed earlier Thursday by Transcontinental that the press used to print their paper would soon stop operating.

If you haven’t considered visiting this transcontinental country yet, then I would highly recommend doing so.

India on Wednesday issued a travel advisory for the Indian travellers visiting Turkey advising them to exercise “utmost caution” during their journey to the transcontinental nation following tensions with the United States.

I would be much more impressed with her pleas had she not arrived before the United Nations on a transcontinental jet that polluted the air with jet fuel exhaust hastening our demise.

Katherine Chartrand, a senior spokesperson for Transcontinental, said the closure will affect 11 employees in PEI and four positions in Halifax.

Once “the most ambitious public works project since the transcontinental railroad,” the bullet train plan is moribund, wasting millions of dollars.

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Common combinations with transcontinental

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "transcontinental" in a sentence?
An example: "He initially appears as an unnamed menial worker for Taggart Transcontinental, who often dines with Eddie Willers in the employees' cafeteria, and leads Eddie to reveal important information about Dagny Taggart and Taggart Transcontinental." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "transcontinental" from authentic English texts.
What does "transcontinental" mean?
Transcontinental means: Crossing or spanning a continent.
What are synonyms of "transcontinental"?
Common synonyms of "transcontinental" include: continental.
How many example sentences with "transcontinental" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "transcontinental", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.