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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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Another study challenging the MICI scenario noted that breaking ice also tends to form a mélange, a dense, jumbled slurry of icebergs and sea ice.
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Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
While the media industry watches the once massive number of subscribers to cable and satellite services diminish like a slow-melting iceberg as audiences move to streaming, the companies are aggressively developing ways to slow the trend and perhaps win some business back.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Off the coast of Antarctica, Endurance became trapped by drifting pack ice—giant icebergs that form in the fall and winter.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Writing is an iceberg sort of art form where only 10% of the work ends up on the page; the other 90% includes excavating each character’s backstory.
—Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
While the media industry watches the once massive number of subscribers to cable and satellite services diminish like a slow-melting iceberg as audiences move to streaming, the companies are aggressively developing ways to slow the trend and perhaps win some business back.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Off the coast of Antarctica, Endurance became trapped by drifting pack ice—giant icebergs that form in the fall and winter.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Writing is an iceberg sort of art form where only 10% of the work ends up on the page; the other 90% includes excavating each character’s backstory.
—Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 24 Oct. 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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