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
Those tongues are basically built-in grooming kits.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
Don’t worry about grooming your greenery to perfection; a more natural look is trending this year.
—Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Among enhancements to training and improving mandatory reporting, the bill calls for making grooming a chargeable felony offense.
—Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Authorities accused Gonzalez of grooming one of the girls to film herself engaging in self-harm and self-humiliation and sharing the images with others online.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
My fascination with beauty started at home, watching my immigrant parents treat grooming like armor.
—David Yi, Allure, 23 Feb. 2026
Big Sky is relying on advanced snowmaking and grooming technology to maintain skiable conditions.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Shapiro-Barnum’s, Rahma’s, Yang’s, and Rogers’s hair products by Living Proof; grooming products by Armani Beauty.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
In the wild, male mice can be observed caring for pups by grooming them or providing them with food.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
Don’t worry about grooming your greenery to perfection; a more natural look is trending this year.
—Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Among enhancements to training and improving mandatory reporting, the bill calls for making grooming a chargeable felony offense.
—Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Authorities accused Gonzalez of grooming one of the girls to film herself engaging in self-harm and self-humiliation and sharing the images with others online.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
My fascination with beauty started at home, watching my immigrant parents treat grooming like armor.
—David Yi, Allure, 23 Feb. 2026
Big Sky is relying on advanced snowmaking and grooming technology to maintain skiable conditions.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Shapiro-Barnum’s, Rahma’s, Yang’s, and Rogers’s hair products by Living Proof; grooming products by Armani Beauty.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
In the wild, male mice can be observed caring for pups by grooming them or providing them with food.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooming
preparing
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After a flight failure in March 2025, the German firm, Isar Aerospace, is preparing for its second Spectrum launch, currently scheduled for no earlier than March 19, 2026, from Andøya, Norway.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The program is preparing students to work at such cyber-centric institutions as Naval Information Warfare Systems Command and Booz Allen Hamilton.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Grooming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooming. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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