guttering

verb

Definition of gutteringnext
present participle of gutter
as in smelting

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  1. melting
  2. trying
  3. thawing
  4. liquefying
  5. founding
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  • The group battled cultural bias, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption and a historic victory.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Crews found flames that were pushing out of the second and third floors and melting siding on an adjoining building, Coughlin said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of melting
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  • Taiwanese authorities in March investigated three men for trying to smuggle Super Micro computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Now the teams that try to build up are trying to find solutions against man-to-man.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of trying
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  • Inspectors also found chemicals stored above a food-preparation table and raw pork thawing at room temperature.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For longer storage, tomatoes freeze well whole, and the skins slip off after thawing.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 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
Definition of liquefying
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  • Marsh, alongside a coterie that included his friend and mentor Lester Bangs, launched his career as a critic and founding editor and writer of the highly influential Creem rock magazine in the late 1960s.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The agents worked for The Spaventa Group (TSG), a Long Island financial firm founded by Andrew Spaventa, a former broker who spent years selling pre-IPO investments before founding TSG in 2020.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of founding
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“Guttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guttering. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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