ice sheet

noun

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The slabs can then freeze together and form a solid ice sheet. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2025 Other scientists study fields ranging from changing ice sheets to next-generation wind turbines to mobile communications and the creation of the cell phone. Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025 The Arctic is becoming more contested as climate change melts ice sheets and opens up new sea paths. Brad Dress, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025 The only place where average surface temperatures have cooled is the area immediately around Antarctica, and that’s probably due to meltwater from shrinking ice sheets, Schmidt said. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ice sheet 

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First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ice sheet was in 1831

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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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