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Recent Examples of cay
At Ambergris Cay, private aviation and immigration clearance on the cay remove the public mechanics of arrival altogether.
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Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
The pair left The Abaco Inn bar on Elbow Cay in their dinghy at dusk on April 4, headed to their anchored sailboat just off the cay's western coast.
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Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Cayo Falcones is a cay, or small island, off Cuba’s north coast, near Corralillo, a rural town in the Villa Clara province of Cuba.
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Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
Beyond its unique wildlife, the uninhabited cay offers white sand beaches, turquoise waters, and excellent snorkeling.
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Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
The pair left The Abaco Inn bar on Elbow Cay in their dinghy at dusk on April 4, headed to their anchored sailboat just off the cay's western coast.
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Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Cayo Falcones is a cay, or small island, off Cuba’s north coast, near Corralillo, a rural town in the Villa Clara province of Cuba.
—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
Beyond its unique wildlife, the uninhabited cay offers white sand beaches, turquoise waters, and excellent snorkeling.
—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cay
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Potential profits have encouraged traffickers to ship massive amounts of illicit drugs to both countries, often across the Pacific Ocean from South America via the Pacific Islands, a loose cluster of thousands of islands and atolls.
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Hawkes was born in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and adopted as a baby by an American family who raised him in Utah, thousands of miles from the coral atolls of his birthplace.
Noun
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White delivery vans with orange Katapulk logos splashed across each side delivered goods all over the island.
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Not the island flattened by the same image, but the one that still tastes like itself.
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From Key Largo to Key West, the Overseas Highway strings the islands together like beads, running past lighthouses, underwater coral reef parks, and across the postcard-worthy Seven Mile Bridge.
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Turquoise green lagoon for a kilometer and then the sea of deep blue shade beyond the coral reef.
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“Cay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cay. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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