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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 islands
While experts aren’t sure exactly when the tomatoes arrived on the younger islands, the plant’s evolution had to have happened within the last half million years, since that’s around the time the youngest islands first emerged, Jozwiak said.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The country, vulnerable to natural disasters and any significant rainfall, has now had more than a week of rain and is expected to see more when Melissa, which battered Cuba as well on Wednesday, moves into the southern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful Atlantic storm of this year, has torn through Jamaica and several other islands in the Caribbean, leaving a trail of devastation.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
In the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands, there is a possibility of storm surge reaching up to 6 feet above normally dry ground.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Dangerous swells and rip currents will affect surrounding islands and coastal areas, including the Bahamas and Bermuda later this week.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The country, vulnerable to natural disasters and any significant rainfall, has now had more than a week of rain and is expected to see more when Melissa, which battered Cuba as well on Wednesday, moves into the southern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful Atlantic storm of this year, has torn through Jamaica and several other islands in the Caribbean, leaving a trail of devastation.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
In the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands, there is a possibility of storm surge reaching up to 6 feet above normally dry ground.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Dangerous swells and rip currents will affect surrounding islands and coastal areas, including the Bahamas and Bermuda later this week.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for islands
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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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These alluring Atlantic Ocean isles offer extraordinary sightings of marine life.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The radiation effects have been ruinous, according to US government reports cited by the Atomic Heritage Foundation, which said the testing was responsible for 55% of cancers on some of the islands’ northern atolls.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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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
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Sana Biotechnology recently demonstrated the gene-editing approach by transplanting donor islets of beta cells into a patient after genetically modifying the cells to evade the immune system.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The uninhabited islets became a focal point of tensions between China and Japan after Tokyo nationalized the chain in 2012.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Islands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/islands. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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