off-island
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of off-island
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Leisure services including entertainment costs, sports and leisure fees and off-island holidays made the largest contribution to the annual rate of inflation, said Statistics Jersey.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
He cited a local contractor who has done work for him and whose wife wants to move off-island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Around him, other workers were breaking down bulk packages of salt, soap and other goods, including another volunteer from off-island, a 38-year-old man who goes by the name Savage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
And so the sensitive habitat that off-island photographers actually might be encroaching — at least, symbolically — is that belonging to people, not foxes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
There are no overhead wires on Manhattan Island except at the several points where the off-island railways terminate.
From The Deaves Affair by Hulbert Footner
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