as in island
a fairly small area of land completely surrounded by water
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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High-voltage towers surmounted this islet, the cables themselves, in the dimness, no more than spider’s silk floating in the air.
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Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
The Russian and Chinese aircraft then flew in formation south of Dokdo, a group of South Korean islets in the East Sea that is claimed by Japan as Takeshima.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Earlier Thursday, the typhoon’s eye blew about 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of the northernmost Philippine province of Batanes, a cluster of islands and islets of about 19,000 people.
—Associated Press, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
In December of that year, the republican government fled to Taiwan and in the following years and months would lose a string of other islands and islets to communist forces.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
The Russian and Chinese aircraft then flew in formation south of Dokdo, a group of South Korean islets in the East Sea that is claimed by Japan as Takeshima.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Earlier Thursday, the typhoon’s eye blew about 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of the northernmost Philippine province of Batanes, a cluster of islands and islets of about 19,000 people.
—Associated Press, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
In December of that year, the republican government fled to Taiwan and in the following years and months would lose a string of other islands and islets to communist forces.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/islet. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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