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atoll

[at-awl, -ol, -ohl, uh-tawl, uh-tol, uh-tohl] / ˈæt ɔl, -ɒl, -oʊl, əˈtɔl, əˈtɒl, əˈtoʊl /
NOUN
island
Synonyms
STRONGEST


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Okinotorishima is an uninhabited coral atoll around which Japan claims an exclusive economic zone of more than 154,000 square miles in the Philippine Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The airbase on the small, remote atoll is strategically located and is capable of accommodating long-range bombers.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2026

Under a contentious deal inked with Australia this year, the island nation will provide 30-year visas for up to 350 immigrants -- many convicted of serious crimes -- for resettlement on the barren atoll.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

The operation concerned a 50-mile-wide atoll, Rongelap Island, in the Marshall Islands.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

In the spring of 1951, the lab staged Project Greenhouse, a test of thermonuclear technology at the South Pacific coral atoll of Eniwetok.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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