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as in icy
having a low or subnormal temperature
a glacial weather front coming down from Canada will bring freezing temperatures this weekend
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as in frigid
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
her glacial manner discouraged him from attempting further conversation
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Recent Examples of glacial
In Southeast Michigan, those scars are buried deep beneath the glacial clay and concrete.
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Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The pace is slow by modern standards, and certainly glacial by Silicon Valley hustle culture.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The two helicopters involved flew a dozen total loads of cargo from the icebreaker ship to the camp site, while glacial scientists and engineers erected a small tent city, complete with bathrooms, generators, and a mess hall.
—Joe Wilkins Published Jan 28, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
Officials also removed descriptions of how climate change is contributing to glacial loss in Glacier National Park, Montana.
—Outside, 28 Jan. 2026
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Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The pace is slow by modern standards, and certainly glacial by Silicon Valley hustle culture.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The two helicopters involved flew a dozen total loads of cargo from the icebreaker ship to the camp site, while glacial scientists and engineers erected a small tent city, complete with bathrooms, generators, and a mess hall.
—Joe Wilkins Published Jan 28, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
Officials also removed descriptions of how climate change is contributing to glacial loss in Glacier National Park, Montana.
—Outside, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glacial
Adjective
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The bodies of eight had been left on the icy mountainside, and a final member of the group was still missing, presumed dead among the blanket of snow.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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An awkward moment between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at an AI Summit Thursday captured the increasingly icy relations between two rival tech leaders who started off as colleagues.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Seconds of disaster, hours of harrowing wait A disaster that unfolded in seconds left a group of survivors waiting on a mountainside for hours in frigid temperatures, knowing that many of their peers would not be making it out alive.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The thing is, Inkaterra Cabo Blanco sits at a unique point along the coast, where warm currents and the frigid nutrient-rich Humboldt current meet.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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Fern simultaneously paralyzed both DFW and Charlotte, American’s two largest hubs, with ice and freezing rain.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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The freezing cold temperatures that iced out ponds over the last few weeks is good news for some boaters in Massachusetts.—
Alyssa Andrews,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Gophers and Ducks were both ice cold in the first half, with the U holding an unsightly 22-13 lead.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Antarctic Ocean is heavily layered, or stratified, to a depth of around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) because of conflicting properties including colder, denser water from below not readily mixing with fresh water running off melting ice from above.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Bedsure GentleSoft Fleece Blanket There’s nothing quite like snuggling under a cozy blanket during chilly weather.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Feb. 2026
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Joonhee Park’s grayscale set design, complemented by Ben Carne’s fluorescent lighting, particularly suits Marlene’s harsh corporate world, but the chilly look also nods to Thatcherite austerity throughout the play.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Milder weather expected in Maryland A warming trend will begin on Monday afternoon as the worst of this arctic airmass departs.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Freezing temperatures from arctic air have rested across Cincinnati in recent weeks, with occasional sub-zero lows overnight.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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And Mike is so good at directing them and keeping them chill.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
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Despite a few especially chill days, temperatures have stayed mostly above normal in the region over the winter months, according to climate data from the National Weather Service Fort Worth.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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But then a cool day turned into a cold one, more spectators holding coffee cups than beer cans.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Other gifts are often produced in tandem with local fashion designers or curated by the city’s coolest design shops.—
Clodagh Kinsella,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Glacial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glacial. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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