as in landed
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water
once his boat was grounded, all he could do was wait for the tide to come back in and raise it off the sand bar
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as in based
to find a basis
you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence
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Recent Examples of grounded
Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Aneil and all of us wanted to make a Hamlet that felt quite grounded.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Ahead of the typhoon’s arrival on Wednesday, about 80 percent of the aircraft belonging to the four main airlines based in Hong Kong had been relocated to or grounded at airports in China, Japan, Cambodia, Europe, Australia and other locations, according to tracking data from Flightradar24.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Mark-Paul Gosselaar portrayed Peter Bash, the more grounded and level-headed half of the Franklin & Bash duo.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Aneil and all of us wanted to make a Hamlet that felt quite grounded.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
Jauregui credited practice for keeping her grounded and prepared, as the competition intensifies.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Ahead of the typhoon’s arrival on Wednesday, about 80 percent of the aircraft belonging to the four main airlines based in Hong Kong had been relocated to or grounded at airports in China, Japan, Cambodia, Europe, Australia and other locations, according to tracking data from Flightradar24.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounded
Adjective
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Marriages among the landed and propertied involved legally binding settlements drawn up by lawyers (with no obligation to confidentiality).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Elordi plays Heathcliff, the romantic anti-hero who is discovered on the streets before being taken in by a wealthy member of Britain’s landed gentry, only to fall in love with their daughter.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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Officials based their decision on a scoring committee and community survey results that followed a September public meeting where both finalists pitched themselves to the community.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Grounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounded. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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