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
Some researchers provide puzzle toys, grooming sessions, or TV; others might offer a small mirror.
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
In the video, the older cat grabs the kitten’s head with his paws to hold him still while grooming him.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 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
After the Supreme Court ruling, Holt said, the department changed its grooming policy to allow closely cropped beards.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
The American Kennel Club suggests regularly grooming dogs to prevent a build-up of hair in the car.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Licensing officials also investigated educators accused of grooming behaviors like flirting with children, spending non-school time alone and isolated with students, or invading students’ personal space by rubbing their shoulders, thighs and lower backs.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Body care and grooming products Treat your body to some TLC with these luxurious shower additions and grooming essentials.
—Caitlyn Martyn
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The Ryman concert was rebroadcast as an Apple Music livestream hosted by veteran hip-hop tastemaker Ebro Darden, while the afterparty held at Hillsboro Village’s Anzie Blue was backed by men’s grooming brand Duke Cannon.
—Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
In the video, the older cat grabs the kitten’s head with his paws to hold him still while grooming him.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 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
After the Supreme Court ruling, Holt said, the department changed its grooming policy to allow closely cropped beards.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
The American Kennel Club suggests regularly grooming dogs to prevent a build-up of hair in the car.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Licensing officials also investigated educators accused of grooming behaviors like flirting with children, spending non-school time alone and isolated with students, or invading students’ personal space by rubbing their shoulders, thighs and lower backs.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Body care and grooming products Treat your body to some TLC with these luxurious shower additions and grooming essentials.
—Caitlyn Martyn
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The Ryman concert was rebroadcast as an Apple Music livestream hosted by veteran hip-hop tastemaker Ebro Darden, while the afterparty held at Hillsboro Village’s Anzie Blue was backed by men’s grooming brand Duke Cannon.
—Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooming
preparing
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Anticipating and preparing for war leads quite naturally to accepting its inevitability.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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That’s one investment that has proved rather unfruitful so far, although things appear to be looking up for WBD investors currently with company on the auction block and simultaneously preparing to separate its cable operations and studios/streaming into to companies.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Grooming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooming. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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