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
The resort occupies its own private motu (islet) just 20 minutes by speedboat from Bora Bora’s airport.
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Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
What To Know The Japanese government purchased Mageshima, an uninhabited islet in Kagoshima prefecture, for $146 million in 2019.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The mice then received stem cell transplantation using the bone marrow cells of other mice, as well as donor islet cells (insulin-making) cells.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The previous record for staying there was 45 days and only a handful of people have even spent one night on the islet, which is over 10 hours from land by boat.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
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Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
What To Know The Japanese government purchased Mageshima, an uninhabited islet in Kagoshima prefecture, for $146 million in 2019.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The mice then received stem cell transplantation using the bone marrow cells of other mice, as well as donor islet cells (insulin-making) cells.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The previous record for staying there was 45 days and only a handful of people have even spent one night on the islet, which is over 10 hours from land by boat.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for islet
island
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Lutnick, who appeared in about 10 emails in the Epstein files, has acknowledged having lunch with his family at Epstein’s private island in 2012.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Trump suggested in the aftermath of that raid that military action in Cuba might not be necessary because the island’s economy was weak enough — particularly in the absence of oil shipments from Venezuela that stopped after Maduro was taken into custody — to soon collapse on its own.—
Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/islet. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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