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The wind is also kicking up snow from the surface of the adjacent ice sheet, which created streams of white across the scene.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
State of play: Projects on local ballots range from a new state-of-the-art sports facility in Chanhassen with ice sheets, a field house and an indoor playground, to improvements to Stillwater's riverfront park.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
When continental ice sheets melt at the end of ice ages, the Earth’s crust has to compensate for the loss of mass in a process similar to what’s happening at Mount Everest.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Perhaps an ice sheet, disturbed by the rockfall, was ringing like a bell.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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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 6 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
ice sheet
noun
: ice cap
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