How to Use archipelago in a Sentence

archipelago

noun
Definition of archipelagonext
  • But the archipelago’s biggest draw is its storied reputation as one of the best places on the planet for small-boat cruising.
    — Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Local officials and health workers have said hundreds or even thousands could be dead from the worst storm to hit the archipelago in 90 years.
    — Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Players will help design vacant buildings on the archipelago as well, including a school, hospital and restaurant.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • This archipelago of power plants underlines an unsettling reality in the global fight to slow climate change.
    — New York Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The island lies to the west of the rest of the Andaman archipelago.
    — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Coral stone sourced from the archipelago lines the floors.
    — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2024
  • Oil Nut Bay spans 400 acres on the third-largest island of the archipelago.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2022
  • It’s now common to see herds sunning on the banks of the archipelago.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2022
  • But for the most part, the archipelago was home to a plethora of these ancient flying beasts.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Ponta do Sol is on the southern coast of Madeira, the main island of the Portuguese archipelago of the same name.
    — Susana Ferreira, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
  • In recent decades, the archipelagoes have ascended to the heavens.
    — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • Source: Todd Miller The archipelago’s clear waters and coral reefs are world class.
    — Todd Miller, Contributor, CNBC, 31 July 2024
  • An hour later, the sun breaks through, dappling the lake and lighting up the archipelago.
    — Brian Clark, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Tomaic is from the Canary Islands, the archipelago off the coast of West Africa.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021
  • From Bodø, the best option for drivers is the daily car ferry to Moskenes at the western end of the archipelago.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The archipelago's largest town, Longyearbyen, is one of the northernmost places in the world where people still live.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Some of the spots are known — but others could be considered secret gems, tucked along the the 120-mile archipelago.
    — Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The ship will sail around the Ecuadorian archipelago throughout the year.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
  • So did the seeds of a western hemlock, the species that dominates the forest in this archipelago.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The six floating wetlands will form a kind of archipelago of islands along the river.
    — Jordan Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The storm currently carries winds of 65 mph and is located off the Azores, the archipelago in the mid-Atlantic.
    — Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The archipelago, which is made up of over 1,100 coral islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is the lowest lying nation in the world.
    — Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Maybe one day, many years from now, there would be no humans at all in the Japanese archipelago.
    — Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The volcano, the most active on the archipelago, is wreaking havoc on the island of Luzon.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 June 2023
  • The storm blew out into the South China Sea on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction in a large swath of the archipelago.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Just a few years ago, the outlook for island snails on the Portuguese Madeira archipelago appeared grim, at best.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Image These tricks and distortions of time are a feature of the archipelago.
    — Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The island is isolated along the western edge of the archipelago.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 June 2022
  • The Swedish archipelago would be part of any such endeavor.
    — Helene Cooper, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Their task today is to survey the health of a coral reef in the Barren Isles, an archipelago of nine islands about 25 miles off Madagascar.
    — Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024

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