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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As temperatures warm, more of Northern California’s water is set to arrive as rain instead of snow, with water running downstream instead of melting slowly into reservoirs as a stable water supply.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The Upper Basin, which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, has tended to be more resilient as its groundwater benefits from melting snow coursing down the Rocky Mountains.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

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Hertzberg said he’s talked to investors who may be willing to buy these bonds at cheaper rates, given the crushing issue the funding is trying to solve.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
For this week, however, Morris is an evil stepsibling, the 49ers’ defensive coordinator trying to slow down Robinson and the Falcons’ offense.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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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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Maslansky was married to Michael Maslansky — a founding partner (with Pat Kingsley and Neil Koenigsberg) of what would become PMK Public Relations — from 1975 until his death in 1993 of stroke complications at age 55.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
In June, Advance became Avalo’s founding mill partner for the denim market across China, Vietnam and Cambodia.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

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