as in to prepare
to make ready in advance
the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit
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Recent Examples of groom
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Belly is getting ready — alone — fully knowing there’s no groom in the vicinity.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The Oneisall Dog Grooming Vacuum is both a grooming device and a vacuum.
—Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Claudette tracks groom-to-be Boris to a house in Genoa.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Belly is getting ready — alone — fully knowing there’s no groom in the vicinity.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
And Marshall, a 2025 fifth-round pick, is being groomed to become a nickel cornerback because of his size and physicality.
—Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The Oneisall Dog Grooming Vacuum is both a grooming device and a vacuum.
—Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groom
Verb
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Crunch talks The industry split on this issue comes as auto bosses prepare to meet the EU’s von der Leyen on Friday.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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House Republicans’ divisions on how the United States should engage in foreign wars will be on full display on Wednesday as the House prepares to vote on a handful of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The happy couple are therefore within their rights not to reissue invitations that were previously declined merely because the date, the location and the entree (though not, perhaps, the bridegroom) have changed.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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Renting out the bride (or bridegroom), even for short periods, does not strike Miss Manners as festive.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
7 Oct. 2024
Noun
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In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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It’s centered on her personal experience as a caregiver for her husband, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of those fans happens to be Angela Bassett‘s sister, who has apparently been hounding Bassett about the potential return of her on-screen hubby.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
21 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Sanchez flashes a smile while out with hubby Jeff Bezos during their Spanish getaway in Ibiza.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The rooftop has plenty of cushioned seating under misters, several bars and a hookah menu with more flavors than a Baskin-Robbins.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
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That includes natural bodies of water like creeks and lakes, as well as cooling towers, fountains, humidifiers or misters, hot tubs, and even the tanks that hold windshield wiper fluid in cars.—
Alice Park,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Groom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groom. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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