as in preparing
to make ready in advance
the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit
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Recent Examples of grooming
Continue reading … STAR SUED – Musician alleges Will Smith engaged in 'grooming' behavior after hotel room encounter.
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FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
Maxwell is now serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein to abuse and, in at least one instance, participating in the abuse herself.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
The grooming gang scandal casts a long shadow over Britain’s immigration debate and has fueled public anger over the use by successive governments of hotels to house asylum seekers.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
These include grooming each other, sleeping touching or curled up together, greeting with nose bumps, playing without aggression, and spending time in close proximity by choice.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
After the season, with the 37-year-old Stafford’s status uncertain, McVay was prepared to ride with Garoppolo, ideally while grooming a young quarterback as his eventual replacement.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
What about your grooming routine?
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Brush size Choosing the right brush size will make grooming easier on you and your pet.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Mainstream society, generally intent on grooming doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists, engineers, and computer coders, perceived a student learning a working-class skilled trade as somehow lowly, poorly compensated, a second-class citizen.
—Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
Maxwell is now serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein to abuse and, in at least one instance, participating in the abuse herself.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
The grooming gang scandal casts a long shadow over Britain’s immigration debate and has fueled public anger over the use by successive governments of hotels to house asylum seekers.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
These include grooming each other, sleeping touching or curled up together, greeting with nose bumps, playing without aggression, and spending time in close proximity by choice.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
After the season, with the 37-year-old Stafford’s status uncertain, McVay was prepared to ride with Garoppolo, ideally while grooming a young quarterback as his eventual replacement.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
What about your grooming routine?
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Brush size Choosing the right brush size will make grooming easier on you and your pet.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Mainstream society, generally intent on grooming doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists, engineers, and computer coders, perceived a student learning a working-class skilled trade as somehow lowly, poorly compensated, a second-class citizen.
—Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooming
preparing
Verb
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The Packers are preparing for a wild-card game Saturday night in Chicago.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Listen to Glaser discuss preparing to host the 2026 Golden Globes on Ripa's podcast episode above.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Grooming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooming. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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