as in isle
a fairly small area of land completely surrounded by water
the island of Hawaii is the largest in the Hawaiian archipelago
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Recent Examples of island
My grandfather was one of the few merchants on the island to have basic goods for the people.
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Heran Mamo, Billboard, 24 July 2025
Many species on the island have already gone extinct, including the Barbados racer, Barbados skink, Barbados rice rat, Barbados rail and Cole’s cave shrimp.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
These are the top spots to settle in this island country...
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Her lady-in-waiting’s husband, Lord Colin Tennant, spent vast amounts of his fortune on transforming Mustique, a tiny island in the Caribbean, into a party resort for the rich and famous.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
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Heran Mamo, Billboard, 24 July 2025
Many species on the island have already gone extinct, including the Barbados racer, Barbados skink, Barbados rice rat, Barbados rail and Cole’s cave shrimp.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
These are the top spots to settle in this island country...
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Her lady-in-waiting’s husband, Lord Colin Tennant, spent vast amounts of his fortune on transforming Mustique, a tiny island in the Caribbean, into a party resort for the rich and famous.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for island
Noun
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There is also The Real Housewives of Jersey, as in the isle of Jersey not the state of New Jersey.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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The President has family links to Scotland, as his mother Mary Anne MacLeod was born and raised on the Scottish isle of Lewis.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
21 July 2025
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The island nation – roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia – is home to about 10,000 people, according to the latest government statistics, living across a clutch of tiny islets and atolls in the South Pacific.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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In 1836, the HMS Beagle arrived at the Cocos Islands, where a low atoll of coral encircled a miles-wide lagoon.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“Island.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/island. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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