: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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Each month, a new gin is highlighted, inviting guests to explore unique varieties, from local London distilleries to the glaciers of Iceland.
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Sometimes this sheet expanded eastward to merge with the other, but in warmer times the glaciers parted, opening the Ice-Free Corridor.
—Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
As the glacier retreats, exposing fossils that were once unreachable, those same remains are now vulnerable to wind, rain, and freeze-thaw cycles, which crack the surrounding rock.
—Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
The glaciers didn't make it into that area for whatever reason.
—Outside Online, 29 Apr. 2025
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Sometimes this sheet expanded eastward to merge with the other, but in warmer times the glaciers parted, opening the Ice-Free Corridor.
—Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
As the glacier retreats, exposing fossils that were once unreachable, those same remains are now vulnerable to wind, rain, and freeze-thaw cycles, which crack the surrounding rock.
—Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
The glaciers didn't make it into that area for whatever reason.
—Outside Online, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Glacier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glacier. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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glacier
noun
gla·cier
ˈglā-shər 
: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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