ground in

verb

grounded in; grounding in; grounds in

transitive verb

: to give (someone) basic knowledge about
The class helped ground them in scientific method.

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In fact, while Grozeva and Valchanov are profoundly grounded in their north Balkan homeland, there’s a lot of sensibility overlap here with the absurdism of the Greek Weird Wave of 2010s. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026 But that alignment will be credible only if it is grounded in high-quality science, public accountability, and sufficient resources. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Even the film’s more sci-fi elements, like the armor for Agamemnon (played by Benny Safdie, appearing like an alternate-universe Batman), are grounded in reality. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026 An inverse dynamics model then converts those predictions into executable robot actions, while real-world observations continuously replace predicted states to keep the control loop grounded in reality. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ground in

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“Ground in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20in. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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