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
Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The ex-Stoughton police officer accused of grooming, impregnating and then killing Canton woman Sandra Birchmore has been charged in a new indictment with causing the death of her unborn child, according to court documents.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Laura Lane, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The backstory for the Unlucky Nugget Saloon dares Disneyland Paris visitors to step inside a haunted wedding reception that suddenly ends when the groom mysteriously disappears.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Using his position as a teacher, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said Kapahulehua groomed the girls and took advantage of their trust.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The ex-Stoughton police officer accused of grooming, impregnating and then killing Canton woman Sandra Birchmore has been charged in a new indictment with causing the death of her unborn child, according to court documents.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Call it the groom's automotive dowry.
—Laura Lane, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The backstory for the Unlucky Nugget Saloon dares Disneyland Paris visitors to step inside a haunted wedding reception that suddenly ends when the groom mysteriously disappears.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groom
Verb
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The city should immediately assemble a litigation team to prepare to fight the inevitable attempts by Trump to block their receipt of federal funds.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The multi-position experience, said Craft, helped prepare Mougey for an NFL scouting-and-GM career.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The relevant tradition is that the bride and bridegroom each choose who should stand up for them.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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My religious faith is such that divorce is wrong and that women cannot divorce their husbands.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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My grandmother, on the other hand, lived for another 25 years after her husband died—which meant my relationship with her extended well into my 30s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Forgetting Derry’s communal traumas is as much a part of the town’s firmament as the scenic canals, the nearby Air Force base where Charlotte’s hubby Leroy (Jovan Adepo) has been newly posted, and the dilapidated house at 29 Neibolt Street.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Early this year, Baldoni actually sued Lively, hubby Ryan Reynolds and others for defamation in a $400 million countersuit.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This often uses evaporative cooling towers – giant misters that spray water over hot pipes or open basins.—
Leo S. Lo,
The Conversation,
1 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to Kate Jenkins, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Foodbank, its partner food pantries across the state saw increases of 10% to 20% in the number of people needing food.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Groom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groom. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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