Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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The previous record for staying there was 45 days and only a handful of people have even spent one night on the islet, which is over 10 hours from land by boat.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Set in British Columbia and tied for the top national park in Canada, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is coastal paradise made up of more than 30 islands and islets complete with coves, beaches, and trails, according to the report from tour operator Journeyscape.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
Moving forward, Teyton and his team are slated to do an analysis of all antigen-presenting cells for pre-diabetic pancreatic islets and normal ones and track how the cell populations change over time.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
These islets include beta cells and can be infused into a patient to restore their ability to produce their own insulin.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Set in British Columbia and tied for the top national park in Canada, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is coastal paradise made up of more than 30 islands and islets complete with coves, beaches, and trails, according to the report from tour operator Journeyscape.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
Moving forward, Teyton and his team are slated to do an analysis of all antigen-presenting cells for pre-diabetic pancreatic islets and normal ones and track how the cell populations change over time.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
These islets include beta cells and can be infused into a patient to restore their ability to produce their own insulin.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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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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