desert island

noun

: an island where no people live
stranded on a desert island

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Ahead of the Naked Palette launch, Zomnir asked her team to bring their four desert island shades into a meeting. — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 The film opens with 50 new, technologically advanced Buzz Lightyear toys washed up and abandoned on a desert island. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 June 2026 While mostly faithful to the book, this Lord of the Flies smartly adjusts its story of midcentury schoolboys stranded on a desert island for an episodic medium by filtering each installment through the perspective of a different preteen character. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026 This would definitely be on my five records on a desert island. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for desert island

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“Desert island.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert%20island. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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