Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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The uninhabited islet group in the East China Sea, the Senkaku Islands, is administered by Japan but claimed by China as part of its territory, which is known as the Diaoyu Islands.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The channel forked into a series of smaller canals, each branching farther or looping around islets or petering out into dead ends.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Rent one from Sea Panarea to discover hidden coves, sea caves, and the nearby islets of Basiluzzo and Lisca before settling in for sunset Negronis at the see-and-be-seen Bar del Porto.
—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Previous attempts at islet cell replacement used donor cells, which were in very limited supply.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The channel forked into a series of smaller canals, each branching farther or looping around islets or petering out into dead ends.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Rent one from Sea Panarea to discover hidden coves, sea caves, and the nearby islets of Basiluzzo and Lisca before settling in for sunset Negronis at the see-and-be-seen Bar del Porto.
—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Previous attempts at islet cell replacement used donor cells, which were in very limited supply.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 6 Sep. 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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