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Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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As a result Provo and its neighboring islets are growing, with new districts of multi-million-dollar for-sale villas, splashy rentals and new five-star guest rooms.
—Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
While the book is fiction, it’s drawn from Jansson’s many summers spent on the rocky, outer-archipelago islet of Klovharu with her niece, in a modest cottage the author built with her brother in 1964.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Cat Co 3 is a curve of fine sand and clear, calm water, overlooking one of the limestone islets of Lan Ha Bay.
—David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2024
In the new study, the researchers transplanted grafts of living human pancreatic islets (cell clusters containing beta cells) into the kidneys of diabetic and nondiabetic mice.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
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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