Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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When transplanted into diabetic mice, the islet organoids rapidly vascularized and restored normal blood glucose levels for the duration of the experiment.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
The resort occupies its own private motu (islet) just 20 minutes by speedboat from Bora Bora’s airport.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Last month, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi confirmed plans to deploy anti-air missiles on Yonaguni, a Ryukyu islet just 60 miles from Taiwan’s east coast.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The island is one of the Cayos Cochinos, photogenic coral islets that form part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.
—Qin Xie, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
The resort occupies its own private motu (islet) just 20 minutes by speedboat from Bora Bora’s airport.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Last month, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi confirmed plans to deploy anti-air missiles on Yonaguni, a Ryukyu islet just 60 miles from Taiwan’s east coast.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The island is one of the Cayos Cochinos, photogenic coral islets that form part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.
—Qin Xie, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət 
1
: a little island
Medical Definition
islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət
: a small isolated mass of one type of tissue within a different type
specifically
: islet of langerhans
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