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island

Definition for island

noun as in land surrounded by body of water

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Example Sentences

Taiwan is celebrating the latest winner of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ Nymphia Wind, after she called the island a country.

Or Peter Thiel's "seasteading" dream of an island nation where he and his buddies could be lordlings, carefully separated from the ordinary people who frighten them.

From Salon

Nassau County, on Long Island, voted for a Republican for president for the first time in decades; Orange County, California, also voted red for the first time since 2012.

From Slate

Small island nations like the Solomon Islands are extremely vulnerable to climate change.

From BBC

A current favorite bit involves being on the Island of Misfit Toys with “some seriously jacked-up dolls missing pretty crucial parts.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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