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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Seek guidance grounded in the specific exposures and loss patterns of your sector. Lynn O'Leary, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 The company’s products are grounded in the belief that nature provides the ingredients people need. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 7 July 2026 As Barthel and other cannabis scholars say, the federal and state government crackdowns over the past century fueled the negative stereotypes and were always more grounded in culture wars than in evidence of medical harm. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 2026 Manually coded simulations grounded in physics can help train robots more cheaply in virtual environments but can fail to capture many real-world complexities and uncertainties. Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 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 8 Jul. 2026.

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