desert island

noun

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

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You’re stranded on a desert island and your phone’s battery is at ten per cent. Jiji Lee, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025 The desert island thriller, with a starry cast that includes Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney and Ana de Armas, landed mediocre reviews and is opening outside the top 10. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025 Even on a desert island, Kelly Clarkson wants to have a good time. Jack Irvin, People.com, 2 May 2025 Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer and Volumizer $40 $29 Amazon Revlon's One-Step Hair Dryer and Volumizer is the definition of a desert island tool. Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Apr. 2025 Each week, players live together in tribes on a desert island and compete in challenges. Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 12 Mar. 2025 The Atlanta Falcons star shared his grooming secrets, desert island product, and more. Essence, 4 Mar. 2025 One Studios International Key Shows Stranded on Honeymoon Island – From team behind MAFS, an adventure reality show in which couples matched by experts are marooned on a desert island and left to fend for themselves. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025 In Act 4, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan who has been exiled to a desert island with daughter Miranda, and his magic book, interrupts his revenge scheme to conjure a supernatural theatrical pageant in honor of the engagement of Miranda and Ferdinand, the son of the king of Naples. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Desert island.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert%20island. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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