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: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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: an emotionally cold person
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Examples of iceberg in a Sentence
a brilliant doctor, no doubt, but both patients and staff complain that he is an iceberg
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Scientists have long monitored icebergs because of their role in regulating our climate.
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Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Most people picture icebergs like big floating boulders in the ocean.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite these concerns, there is still a degree of uncertainty surrounding the iceberg's path.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Scientists emphasize the iceberg's drift is part of natural processes rather than climate change, though warming temperatures are accelerating broader changes in Antarctica with implications for sea level rise.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Most people picture icebergs like big floating boulders in the ocean.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite these concerns, there is still a degree of uncertainty surrounding the iceberg's path.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Scientists emphasize the iceberg's drift is part of natural processes rather than climate change, though warming temperatures are accelerating broader changes in Antarctica with implications for sea level rise.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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iceberg
noun
ice·berg
ˈīs-ˌbərg 
: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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