Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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Dotted across an astoundingly blue Indian Ocean is Asia’s smallest country, an archipelago of 1,192 coralline islets, only 200 of which are inhabited.
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Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Roughly halfway between Hawai’i and American Samoa, Palmyra Atoll forms a circular chain of about 26 small islets surrounded by multiple lagoons and bordered by 15,000 acres of shallow and deeper reefs.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
After making the roughly 30-mile journey north from Tahiti, Brando found 12 small coral islets, or motus, encircling a tranquil lagoon.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
While Lanikai Beach, with its view of the twin islets Nā Mokulua, has long lured beachgoers, nearby Kailua Beach, which spans 2.5 miles, is almost always less crowded and no less beautiful.
—Catherine Toth Fox, AFAR Media, 11 Dec. 2024
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Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Roughly halfway between Hawai’i and American Samoa, Palmyra Atoll forms a circular chain of about 26 small islets surrounded by multiple lagoons and bordered by 15,000 acres of shallow and deeper reefs.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
After making the roughly 30-mile journey north from Tahiti, Brando found 12 small coral islets, or motus, encircling a tranquil lagoon.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
While Lanikai Beach, with its view of the twin islets Nā Mokulua, has long lured beachgoers, nearby Kailua Beach, which spans 2.5 miles, is almost always less crowded and no less beautiful.
—Catherine Toth Fox, AFAR Media, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət 
1
: a little island
Medical Definition
islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət
: a small isolated mass of one type of tissue within a different type
specifically
: islet of langerhans
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