as in islands
a narrow geographic area that connects two larger geographic areas across a body of water
the Isthmus of Panama
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islands
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Southern New Zealand and Antarctic research stations will see the best views, whilst some Pacific islands will also get a show.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Later the same month, the NMESIS system and its ship-killing Naval Strike Missile were deployed to Okinawa in Japan's southwestern islands.—
Shane Croucher
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Isthmuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isthmuses. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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