as in isle
a fairly small area of land completely surrounded by water
the island of Hawaii is the largest in the Hawaiian archipelago
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Recent Examples of island
Last year, for Nowruz, the Persian new year, the couple camped on the southern island of Qeshm for 20 days.
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Sean Nevin, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
By 2020, another part of the island nation, the Reykjanes Peninsula, had begun to quake.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere is a formal dining room, which connects to a kitchen sporting a wood-burning fireplace with a rotisserie and a pizza oven, an eat-in island, and an adjoining breakfast room.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
One option could involve paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division parachuting onto the island, a tactic that saw its heyday during World War II.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Sean Nevin, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
By 2020, another part of the island nation, the Reykjanes Peninsula, had begun to quake.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere is a formal dining room, which connects to a kitchen sporting a wood-burning fireplace with a rotisserie and a pizza oven, an eat-in island, and an adjoining breakfast room.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
One option could involve paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division parachuting onto the island, a tactic that saw its heyday during World War II.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for island
Noun
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Despite the hardship, life on the windswept isle seems idyllic.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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The dresses were worn over collared blouses, ribbed turtlenecks, fair-isle zip-ups, and lace camisoles.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The plan involves the island of Minamitorishima, a coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pritzker Prize–winning architect Tadao Ando designed the Naoshima New Museum of Art, which opened last May, overlooking the remote atolls of the Seto Inland Sea.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Island.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/island. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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