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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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That’s just the tip of the ransomware threat iceberg, according to a detailed analysis published on Jan. 9.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Therefore, our most recent discoveries may be just the tip of the metaphorical iceberg: there could be many more dark comets lurking in the solar system, waiting to be discovered this new year.
—Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The iceberg was previously bigger, about the size of Rhode Island, having reached an area of 1,700 square miles in November 2023.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
After first calving, or breaking off, from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986, the iceberg spent some 30 years grounded in the seafloor of the Weddell Sea.
—Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Therefore, our most recent discoveries may be just the tip of the metaphorical iceberg: there could be many more dark comets lurking in the solar system, waiting to be discovered this new year.
—Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The iceberg was previously bigger, about the size of Rhode Island, having reached an area of 1,700 square miles in November 2023.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
After first calving, or breaking off, from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986, the iceberg spent some 30 years grounded in the seafloor of the Weddell Sea.
—Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 22 Jan. 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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