GUTTERING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

guttering

verb

Definition of guttering

present participle of gutter

as in smelting

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Beyond the wildfires, throughout the trip, her counselor pointed out flooded rivers in Canada because of extreme heat melting snow runoff.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 26 July 2026
The headwaters of this 1,400-mile long artery are in the Rocky Mountains, fed by melting snowpack.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

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The World World Web was invented by a scientist at CERN who was trying to share data between different institutions.

— Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
The metatext here is that Cohen is also trying to fit her persona inside the particular demands of a specific burgeoning type of comedy-theater solo show.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026

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Instead, the tuna was thawing in the packaging, inviting bad bacteria growth, in the reach-in cooler.

— David J. Neal July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Eggs can be lost at each stage of the process, from thawing to fertilization and embryo development, before resulting in a successful pregnancy.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of thawing

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Summit has proposed capturing CO2 emissions from dozens of ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, liquefying it under pressure and transporting it via the pipeline to North Dakota, to sequester it deep underground.

— Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Their chemical concoction containing the bacterium is then pumped in, liquefying the rock underground.

— Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026

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Ed Lewis, Cofounder, Essence magazine Lewis, 86, started his career as a financial analyst before founding Essence magazine in 1969.

— Jabari Young, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Disarming would represent a sea change for Hamas, whose founding charter calls for armed resistance against Israel, and which sees its arsenal, including rockets, anti-tank missiles and explosives, as lying at the heart of its identity.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

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