TRANSCONTINENTAL in a Sentence

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British Columbia joined Canada in 1871, only with the promise that a transcontinental railway be built within 10 years to physically link ...

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 Meanings and Examples of TRANSCONTINENTAL
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transcontinental
 a.  spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
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1  British Columbia joined Canada in 1871, only with the promise that a transcontinental railway be built within 10 years to physically link east and west.