GUTTERING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

guttering

verb

Definition of guttering

present participle of gutter

as in smelting

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Rancher Jay Fetcher said that with climate change, the snow is melting much earlier in the spring on his high-elevation pastures.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Opposition is melting in Asia and Europe amid improved reactor designs and desperation for more power.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026

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Gauff knocked the ball into a rectangular expanse of blue, as Jović stood in the doubles alley and doubled over to her knees, trying to catch her breath.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
If someone dominates the conversation, redirect attention to what the group is trying to accomplish.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026

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Frozen meat was being thawed with water at 13 degrees above the required thawing temperature; product was removed from sink.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026
In 2023, thawing permafrost led to a rock collapse into South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim, India, generating a wave that burst through the moraine holding back the glacial lake.

— Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 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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Before founding the company, al Khafaji had created data visualisation firm Silk, later acquired by Palantir.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
To those paying attention to what’s transpired over the last few years, the debate playing out online is not a surprise, said Brian Levin, founding director at the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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