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By Kat Chen August 6, 2024 The Best Things to Do in Panama: Surfing, Coffee Tastings, and Private Island Stays
One visit just barely scratches the surface of the isthmus nation that straddles Central and South America.
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David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 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
We are connected to the Spanish mainland via two bridges and a natural isthmus, which has been in use since Roman times.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 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
We are connected to the Spanish mainland via two bridges and a natural isthmus, which has been in use since Roman times.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for isthmus
island
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Aurigny, an airline based out of Guernsey, an island in the English Channel, has cancelled some flights from mid-April stretching into early June as a result of the war.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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Some of us virtuously recycle items that will be transported across the world to smother island nations in single-use plastic bags and water bottles, milk jugs, yogurt tubs, pet food and potato chip bags, Styrofoam meat trays, Coke bottles, Amazon mailing envelopes, and fast-food wrappers.—
Caroline Fraser,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Isthmus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isthmus. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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