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Recent Examples of isthmus
The city was built on an isthmus — a thin strip of land between two bodies of water.
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Berly McCoy, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Mehmet Yaren Bozgun / Anadolu via Getty Images The Mexican government plans to turn the isthmus into a strategic corridor for international trade, with ports and rail lines that can connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
In 2003, a momentous discovery on the Ness of Brodgar, a narrow isthmus just north of Stenness, transformed perceptions of prehistoric Orkney.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
As such, one lesson other Central American elites have drawn from his regime is that capitalism in the isthmus can thrive without democracy.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Berly McCoy, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Mehmet Yaren Bozgun / Anadolu via Getty Images The Mexican government plans to turn the isthmus into a strategic corridor for international trade, with ports and rail lines that can connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
In 2003, a momentous discovery on the Ness of Brodgar, a narrow isthmus just north of Stenness, transformed perceptions of prehistoric Orkney.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
As such, one lesson other Central American elites have drawn from his regime is that capitalism in the isthmus can thrive without democracy.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for isthmus
island
Noun
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When the dreams start bleeding into real life, Charlie — who fancies himself an amateur detective — convinces his brother and friends to investigate Lorcan’s mysterious origins, a thread that soon unravels an entire secret fantasy world kept under wraps by the elders of the island.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
1 May 2026
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That is the unhinged (complimentary) premise of Thomas Elrod’s debut, in which the fictional cult-classic epic fantasy Malicarn series is staged on an island with unwitting actors temporarily imprinted with the characters’ backstories.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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“Isthmus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isthmus. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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