How to Use mainland in a Sentence

mainland

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  • These rockets can already hit Okinawa and Luzon from the mainland.
    — Jonathan Caverley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Here on the mainland, Indigenous peoples say that everything is connected.
    — The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The storm is expected to bring heavy rain and cause flash floods and mudslides but the mainland U.S. could be largely spared from the storm, according to forecasts.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The vertical cliffs block access from the Krabi mainland, making Railay reachable only by boat, adding to its incredible appeal.
    — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Williams received British assurances that his ship wouldn’t be fired upon but was forbidden from stepping foot on the mainland and ordered to return home immediately after the eclipse.
    — Yaakov Zinberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Hawaii expats to the mainland brought their love of Spam musubis with them.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Some fares from Maui to the mainland U.S. are under $100.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Her youngest son had been planning to move home from the mainland to live there.
    — Audrey McAvoy, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Styles’ Love on Tour trek has dates scheduled in mainland Europe for the rest of the month.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2023
  • But back on the mainland, the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The northern part of the island remains untouched and is home to wildlife rarely seen on the mainland.
    — Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
  • But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Each year, some men are lost at sea, and some young people move to the mainland for the promise of a better life.
    — Kristen Martin, NPR, 16 May 2024
  • The pair split their time between Hong Kong and mainland China.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • China has long claimed sovereignty over the island and has vowed to reunify it with the rest of the mainland by 2027.
    — The Week Staff, theweek, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The cost of living is around 11 percent lower than on the mainland, and rents are about 53 percent less.
    — Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024
  • These landforms act as a buffer, protecting the mainland from the storms that blow in off the Atlantic Ocean.
    — Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The soccer player last played in mainland China in June 2023.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Her parents were born in mainland China and grew up in Taiwan.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 31 May 2023
  • Taiwan is a self-governing island off the coast of China that split from the mainland in 1949.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 19 June 2023
  • In total, the couple spent ten days in Zanzibar and another eight on the mainland.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Late Tuesday morning, the storm was moving northwest across the mainland at about 20 mph.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Ferries leave once a week from the mainland on Fridays and return on Sundays.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as the Chinese currency, weakened on the news.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The strait, which separates Taiwan from mainland China, is the site of one of the world’s more intractable disputes.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Both governments claimed sovereignty over the island and the mainland.
    — Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
  • There may be no going back without the collapse of communism on the mainland.
    — Doug Bandow, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The latter is no big deal to consumers in mainland China, but a big deal for everyone else.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Attending the closest big tournament means a flight to the mainland.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Photo : Brown Harris Stevens A private bridge connects the island to the mainland.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 June 2024

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