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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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On April 14, just before midnight, the 882-foot ship struck an iceberg, sparking a chain of events that would lead to one of the most dramatic shipwrecks in history, killing roughly 1,500 people, per Britannica.
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The breaking off of this huge iceberg is an example of the ongoing shrinkage happening at the earth's poles over the past few decades as part of climate change.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
According to Clémence Poirier, a cybersecurity researcher at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the incident, which killed 38 people, is just the tip of an increasingly frightening iceberg.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
This ice sheet, from which the Chicago-sized iceberg broke free, has been shrinking for decades due to climate change, and is contributing to sea level rise worldwide.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The breaking off of this huge iceberg is an example of the ongoing shrinkage happening at the earth's poles over the past few decades as part of climate change.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
According to Clémence Poirier, a cybersecurity researcher at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the incident, which killed 38 people, is just the tip of an increasingly frightening iceberg.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
This ice sheet, from which the Chicago-sized iceberg broke free, has been shrinking for decades due to climate change, and is contributing to sea level rise worldwide.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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