as in clam
a cold aloof person a brilliant doctor, no doubt, but both patients and staff complain that he is an iceberg

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Recent Examples of iceberg About 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden journey from England to New York. Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 Educate Employees About Their Benefits Awareness is only the tip of the benefits literacy iceberg. Marcy Klipfel, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 That’s what was being asked — for days — after the White Star Line’s famous steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 Bell had opened the pipe steam valve by hand, which kept the lights on two hours after Titanic hit the iceberg, saving hundreds of lives. Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for iceberg
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Noun
  • And the animal phyla that have been with us, essentially unchanged, for all those years—the birds and mammals, clams and snails, spiders and insects—these are, to me, surviving embodiments of eternal return.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • Animals like corals, oysters, clams and some types of plankton need carbonate to build their shells and skeletons.
    Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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  • More information about how to deal with icicles at your home can be found here.
    Cheryl Vari, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Above the family, an array of winter jackets and coats hang alongside a string of white icicle lights.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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  • With selfie-takers increasingly seen as a risk, some art insurers are advocating for stricter protective measures, such as banning selfie sticks and reinforcing barriers around select artworks.
    Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • Its data shows that a stick of 16GB DDR4 RAM can now reach $24, up from a mere $4.40 back in March.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025

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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iceberg. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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