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Recent Examples of cay
This beautiful cay gets its name from its past as a Protestant burial ground.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
At the top, we were rewarded with sweeping views over the turquoise flats and nearby cays.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Long Bay Beach, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos No, the island of Provo—the traveler’s gateway to Turks and Caicos’s 40-odd islands and cays—isn’t undiscovered by any stretch of the imagination.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
Offshore, cays drift in dreamy isolation—their edges kissed by foamy surf and dotted with nesting Brown Pelicans.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
At the top, we were rewarded with sweeping views over the turquoise flats and nearby cays.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Long Bay Beach, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos No, the island of Provo—the traveler’s gateway to Turks and Caicos’s 40-odd islands and cays—isn’t undiscovered by any stretch of the imagination.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
Offshore, cays drift in dreamy isolation—their edges kissed by foamy surf and dotted with nesting Brown Pelicans.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cay
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The Brando Located on the atoll of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia, The Brando resort is the stuff vacation dreams are made of.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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The check-in couldn’t feel less check-in-like—given you can’t leave the atoll of your own accord, nobody is (ever) chasing you for signatures and passports and documentation.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Accessible by stairs or elevator, the expansive kitchen on the garden level is decked out with double islands featuring White Danby marble counters.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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The facility is expected to create more than 100 jobs in animation and production on the island.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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AndBeyond has owned Mnemba Island Lodge, a mile-wide private island ringed by a coral reef, since 1997.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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For 20 years, Rosales, the eco-tourism activist, has witnessed the decline of the coral reef and says any development is going to have an impact.—
Natalie Leticia Gallón,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Cay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cay. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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