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- adjective Spanning or pertaining to two
continents .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe my mother accepted her bicontinental marriage because she liked not having to play interference with my father, the fine points of her mothering remaining free from scrutiny.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Maybe my mother accepted her bicontinental marriage because she liked not having to play interference with my father, the fine points of her mothering remaining free from scrutiny.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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By continuing to tell the lessons of his remarkable biracial, bicontinental life, Barack Obama could radically reduce the potential "terrorist base" among alienated young people the world over.
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Now that "global" is a buzzword, being multilingual and bicontinental is suddenly an advantage.
The Queen Is Indian? 2008
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Incidentally, one more consequence: A bicontinental British Empire would likely have been a much stronger player in European affairs than England alone was.
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The other outcome, I suspect, would have been a truly bicontinental nation, with the capital still in London but the economic, intellectual, and cultural activity increasingly coming from America — and the wealthy classes being increasingly ethnically mixed, with the mixture slowly leaking into the political classes as well remember Disraeli.
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But St. Barthélemy, affectionately known as St. Barts (or Barths - both are correct) with its exquisite coves, gingerbread-trimmed Creole cazes (small houses), and low stone walls tracing emerald hillsides became the bicontinental set's playground, separating true chic from chicanery.
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By then, the bicontinental schedule will have been interrupted by an American holiday.
NYT > Global Home By BRIAN STELTER 2011
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The bicontinental actress announced in a video PSA released all the way back in August that she would be casting her vote via absentee ballot for
Faded Youth Blog 2008
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Just you wait till you move to the Ile-de-France, or Dordogne, or wherever, and become bicontinental.)
culture schlock 2004
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