cays

plural of cay

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • The main islands, including Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Oahu and Kauai, are among a chain of islands, atolls, reefs and volcanoes beneath the sea that stretches 1,700 miles in the Pacific Ocean.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • With roughly 180 resorts spread across its atolls, there are dozens of worthy five-star escapes to choose from.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over the summer the actress hit the desert and jetted to the islands with her boyfriend Van Hunt and wore an array of bikinis for their excursions.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for northwestern parts of the islands, with an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain expected to trigger flash flooding.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The resort’s remoteness meant that mainland safaris to baobab forests and lemur sanctuaries required a (pricy) helicopter hop, but there was enough to keep us busy on Nosy Ankao and its neighboring islets.
    Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Cinnamon, for instance, may help improve the function of islets—parts of the pancreas that produce insulin and other hormones that regulate blood sugar.
    Johna Burdeos, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Cays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cays. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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