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Examples of ice sheet in a Sentence
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During the last Ice Age, an ice sheet up to two miles thick covered most of Canada and the northern United States, accounting for millions of square miles.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
His staff was able to relieve some of the pressure against the dam by making large cuts across the ice sheet.
—CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
ice sheet
noun
: ice cap
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