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Recent Examples of cay
At the top, we were rewarded with sweeping views over the turquoise flats and nearby cays.
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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
It can be reached via water taxi or private catamaran (around 20 minutes) and is one of the cays that make up La Cordillera Nature Reserve.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 27 July 2025
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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
It can be reached via water taxi or private catamaran (around 20 minutes) and is one of the cays that make up La Cordillera Nature Reserve.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cay
Noun
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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
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On the atoll, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star and Edge List honoree The Brando serves as a testament to the celebrity’s vision of building an eco-friendly resort that would not harm its surroundings.—
Kim Foley MacKinnon,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Among the big names were Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, both of whom appeared to visit Epstein’s island before the financier faced federal charges in 2019.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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Both blackouts and gas lines across the island have grown longer in recent days.—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale top the analysis as spots where coral reef preservation would have the most bang for its buck, storm-protection wise.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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Stroll beneath a towering rainforest dome, marvel at coral reef aquariums, and journey through the cosmos in the planetarium’s sweeping dome.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Cay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cay. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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