as in island
a fairly small area of land completely surrounded by water
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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Recent Examples of islet
Working with the spleens of primates (macaques), the team engineered microenvironments within the test organs to support human pancreatic islets.
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Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
Guests can also jet off to the private islet of Motu Tapu for a picnic in the water.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2025
The latest incursion started before dawn on Friday, when two Chinese Coast Guard ships entered territorial waters around the islet of Minamikojima, apparently chasing a much smaller Japanese fishing boat.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The park is the first in the area and was designated to protect the region's wildlife, coastal habitats, and more than 60 islands and islets.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2025
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Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
Guests can also jet off to the private islet of Motu Tapu for a picnic in the water.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2025
The latest incursion started before dawn on Friday, when two Chinese Coast Guard ships entered territorial waters around the islet of Minamikojima, apparently chasing a much smaller Japanese fishing boat.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The park is the first in the area and was designated to protect the region's wildlife, coastal habitats, and more than 60 islands and islets.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for islet
island
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Her lady-in-waiting’s husband, Lord Colin Tennant, spent vast amounts of his fortune on transforming Mustique, a tiny island in the Caribbean, into a party resort for the rich and famous.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
13 July 2025
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Where is the videotape of an Epstein island, x, y and z committing these frauds?—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 July 2025
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/islet. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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