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continental us
n. (context US geography English) continental United States
Usage examples of "continental us".
TO: All Operational Commands, Continental US, Generals Commanding.
Benacerraf - parochial to the last - felt a stab of regret she wasn't going to get to see more of the continental US.
Based on my familiarity with worldwide lat/longs at the time, though, I could tell that every one of the abduction scenarios that I reported took place within the continental US.