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
George Pino and his wife Cecilia had taken the 11 girls to Elliott Key, a popular island for boaters, to celebrate their daughter’s 18th birthday.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Rhythm, song and movement honored the island’s African and Indigenous roots.
—Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
The Scottish island of Summerisle, where Robin Hardy's folk-horror masterpiece The Wicker Man is set, feels unstuck in time.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
The two fought, and Killebrew tossed the gun on the couch and knocked the woman to the floor before taking the devices into the kitchen and repeatedly slamming them onto the corner of the kitchen island, investigators wrote in the arrest report.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Rhythm, song and movement honored the island’s African and Indigenous roots.
—Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
The Scottish island of Summerisle, where Robin Hardy's folk-horror masterpiece The Wicker Man is set, feels unstuck in time.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
The two fought, and Killebrew tossed the gun on the couch and knocked the woman to the floor before taking the devices into the kitchen and repeatedly slamming them onto the corner of the kitchen island, investigators wrote in the arrest report.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for island
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To get to Easter Island, most tourists fly to Santiago, Chile, before taking a six-hour flight to the isle's Mataveri International Airport.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Also, Bond … James Bond will be male, as written by creator Ian Fleming, and importantly, will be an actor who hails from the British isles.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Italian retailer — which boasts flagships in Milan, Lugano, Switzerland, and Ibiza, Spain — has opened a temporary space inside the Patina Maldives luxury hospitality venue on Fari Islands, part of the North Malé atoll.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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During the same patrol, coast guard personnel discovered a second buoy at the northern end of Scarborough Shoal, after spotting one placed near the middle of the atoll earlier in the week, the official said.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Island.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/island. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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