Example Sentences

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Take Indonesia, an archipelagic country of 285 million people that lacks grazing land for cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

With Kalmaegi, the archipelagic country has already reached that average, state weather service specialist Charmagne Varilla told AFP on Monday, adding at least "three to five more" storms could be expected by December's end.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

“As a coastal and archipelagic state, the Philippines attaches utmost priority to the protection and preservation of the marine environment,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2023

“As a coastal and archipelagic State, the Philippines attaches utmost priority to the protection and preservation of the marine environment,” the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

I learn from Wikipedia that the Republic of Maldives is an archipelagic state —meaning a country composed of different islands—in the Indian Ocean.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller