icebreaker

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Recent Examples of icebreaker Create 5 engaging icebreaker questions that inspire big thinking and relate to our work. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 So our icebreaker for the show or within the show will be a hypothetical. Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Dec. 2024 Tennis icon Naomi Osaka plays an icebreaker game at a recent event for her Play Academy initiative, which aims to increase the participation of girls in sports. Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024 And this obviously is for social icebreaker situations. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for icebreaker 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for icebreaker
Noun
  • After the supper is over, the crew sticks around to cook the meal again, this time enjoying it together.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Conversation over the supper table was always lively, our mother Mary very much held her own, meanwhile, David was ready with a reference book to look up something that was being disputed.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Blue Origin will attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a barge in the ocean 10 minutes after liftoff while its second stage heads into orbit.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This month, construction crews on barges, drills, cranes, tugs and service vessels will begin drilling to collect soil samples and map subsurface waterways.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Plus, each ritual in the spa includes pre- or post-treatment tapas and a selection of organic teas, juices, or water infusions in their stunning Relaxation Library, complete with a fireplace and myriad books to get lost in.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Consider drinking local wine and beer rather than imports—or simply make the switch to Turkish coffee and çay (tea) which tend to be much more popular among locals.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This particular helmet also sports rows of tiny holes, which would have been used to attach helmet liners via small metal fasteners.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The goodbye celebrations were planned for the ocean liner that broke the transatlantic speed record on her maiden voyage from New York to Cornwall, England, in 1952.
    Danny Freeman, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Swim in the lake or heated outdoor pool, or take part in daily activities and events like water aerobics, bingo, and ice cream socials.
    Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
  • My kids are actively involved in Friday night socials, free skating on Sunday afternoons, as well as lessons to fine tune their skills on the ice.
    Vanessa Gordon, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Kevin McCullough, president of Aero Air, which also provides air tankers, sent some of its MD-87s to the Los Angeles fires.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The firefighters drew water from a tanker truck instead of a nearby hydrant.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The world now faces converging threats: China is carrying out the largest peacetime military buildup since Nazi Germany’s, producing warships, combat aircraft, and missiles five to six times as fast as the United States can.
    Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. warship the Vincennes shot down an Iran Air flight over the Gulf, killing all 290 people on board.
    Nailia Bagirova and Gleb Stolaryov, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At its inaugural symposium, the GTLI will introduce ideas for frameworks, standards and certifications aimed at defining what good thought leadership looks like.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Longtime native plant expert and author Carol Bornstein summed it up last October, when San Marcos Growers had its final plant symposium for landscapers, horticulturists, botanists and retail nursery operators.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025

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