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icebreaker

noun

Definition of icebreaker

as in supper

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as in barge

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Recent Examples of icebreaker Lead a warm icebreaker at work and post a heartfelt note that encourages people to try something new alongside you, generously. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026 After all, a book is just the icebreaker at a local meeting of the Silent Book Club, which has events all over the world. — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 6 June 2026 Russia is also compelling private foreign vessels in the NSR to use Russian ice pilots and icebreaker escorts. — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026 Channel breakouts, where a vessel has to deviate from a path cut by an icebreaker, are also testable here. — Deena Theresa, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for icebreaker

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Noun

Since 1911, the event has brought together Italian and German volunteers who lovingly make meatballs and ravioli, and families and friends who sit at rows of long tables to enjoy the homemade supper.

— Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2026
The crab can do it all – serve as a beach dinner or part of the holiday supper.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of supper

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According to Nova, the shipment of equipment left Seattle by barge on August 26 and should arrive at Port MacKenzie, Alaska, in early September.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Each 10-megawatt reactor on a barge can power the equivalent of about 10,000 homes, can be moved via tugboats, and can be stacked alongside each other for extra power generation.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of barge

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The bank had expected profit to decline on the back of higher raw material and tea leaf costs, as well as expenses related to the company’s vending machine business.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Some investors, trying to read the tea leaves, interpreted that as a potential warning that more conservative guidance is on the horizon, implying that a turnaround will likely take more time.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of tea

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In true postmodern fashion, Fitzgerald gets a brief, drunken cameo, meeting Jack on an ocean liner.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Each of the four fold-out implements within the Helton chassis locks in place via a simple liner lock-style mechanism between the scales that secures the tool at the joint.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of liner

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Hair loss and skin irritation during her time managing social at Huda Beauty in Dubai turned out to be caused by water quality, not product routine, an insight that would take years to translate into a viable brand.

— Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher recently followed the band on socials.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 June 2026

Definition of social

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With tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a crawl, the price of Brent crude climbed from a prewar close of about $72 a barrel to as high as nearly $120.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Another tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting inbound in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, using the southern lane along the Omani coast, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations.

— Anniek Bao,Garrett Downs, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

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Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Instead, the group has donated to the University of Florida’s foundation and has helped to underwrite McCurdy’s annual kratom symposium, attended by about 100 scientists, to promote research into kratom’s therapeutic potential.

— Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of symposium

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Most reached the region by steamship to Skagway or nearby Dyea, Alaska, before attempting to cross the Coast Mountains via the White Pass or Chilkoot trails.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026

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