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The city was built on an isthmus — a thin strip of land between two bodies of water.
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Berly McCoy, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Mehmet Yaren Bozgun / Anadolu via Getty Images The Mexican government plans to turn the isthmus into a strategic corridor for international trade, with ports and rail lines that can connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
In 2003, a momentous discovery on the Ness of Brodgar, a narrow isthmus just north of Stenness, transformed perceptions of prehistoric Orkney.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
As such, one lesson other Central American elites have drawn from his regime is that capitalism in the isthmus can thrive without democracy.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Berly McCoy, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Mehmet Yaren Bozgun / Anadolu via Getty Images The Mexican government plans to turn the isthmus into a strategic corridor for international trade, with ports and rail lines that can connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
In 2003, a momentous discovery on the Ness of Brodgar, a narrow isthmus just north of Stenness, transformed perceptions of prehistoric Orkney.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
As such, one lesson other Central American elites have drawn from his regime is that capitalism in the isthmus can thrive without democracy.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for isthmus
island
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The Administration’s cowboy capture of the Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro, on January 3rd, prompted an airspace closure in the Caribbean, stranding many populations, none as humbled as the American tourists, gone to the islands for rest and relaxation over the winter holiday.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The slick, seen in Copernicus Sentinel satellite images between Wednesday and Friday, covered roughly 45 square kilometers west of the island, according to analysts cited by Reuters.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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“Isthmus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isthmus. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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