GUTTERING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

guttering

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Definition of guttering

present participle of gutter

as in smelting

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Generations ago, the Central Valley was a vast expanse of lush meadows, wetlands and lakes fed by melting Sierra Nevada snow.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Asteroids frequently undergo violent collisions, heating, and internal soaking from melting ice.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of melting

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Right tackle Blake Frazier left the game in the third quarter, trying to keep weight off his right leg, and later returned to play.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Trump already faces opposition to the Iran war among many in his own Republican Party, but trying to find a face-saving way to end it quickly could anger allies, too.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

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The dinner capped a long, but friendly, day of meetings and celebrations, as the world’s two most powerful leaders seek to settle trade differences while simultaneously thawing the icy relationship between the United States and China.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, largely from burning fossil fuels, have pushed global temperatures so high that sea levels are rising, and shrinking glaciers and thawing permafrost are leaving mountainsides less stable.

— Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 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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Clemons had served as the founding CEO of both ConnCAT and ConnCORP, turning them into hubs for economic and community revitalization that aimed to center the experiences and needs of residents in New Haven’s Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Allison was founding dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School, which for decades trained many of China’s government officials.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

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