Florida Keys

American  

plural noun

1. a chain of small islands and reefs off the coast of S Florida. About 225 miles (362 km) long.

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Florida Keys Cultural  

1. Islands off the southern coast of Florida. The best known are Key Largo and Key West.

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Example Sentences

Xie noted that this belt is not "moving towards Florida," like some kind of ominous monster, but that only a "tiny portion of seaweed within the belt" has, and will, reach the east coast of Florida and the Florida Keys.

From Salon

But beaches in Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys are already reporting Sargassum deposits this year, Lapointe says, and it’s on beaches that the seaweed can be problematic.

From Scientific American

But the Associated Press, citing internal agency documents, said one focus was a two-day visit by Palmeri and his wife in early 2021 to a home in the Florida Keys owned by David Macey, a prominent defense attorney.

From Washington Post

Internal records show Macey hosted Palmeri and his Mexican-born wife for two days at his home in the Florida Keys — a trip the DEA said served no useful work purpose and violated rules governing interactions with attorneys that are designed to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

From Seattle Times

But the game, which Delta and Reese have played dozens of times, was made all the more harder by a loud, thumping noise underwater, part of an experiment at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys.

From Washington Post