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
Kittens also learn important behaviors—such as grooming, using the litter-box, and respecting play boundaries—more naturally from one another than from humans.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 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
Whereas the fashions of grooming locate us in time, hair simply grows as part of our species biology.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
To celebrate the reopening of the MoMA Store in New York City, the Museum of Modern Art is hosting a pop-up with one of France’s most popular men’s grooming brands, Horace.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 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
Whereas the fashions of grooming locate us in time, hair simply grows as part of our species biology.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
To celebrate the reopening of the MoMA Store in New York City, the Museum of Modern Art is hosting a pop-up with one of France’s most popular men’s grooming brands, Horace.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooming
preparing
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Spirit Halloween employees start preparing to launch stores in the summer, said Marisa Simonson, a spokesperson for the company, in an email.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Ivorians are preparing to vote in presidential elections on Saturday amid rising tensions over the exclusion of opposition candidates and a government crackdown on dissent that has led to the arrest of more than 200 protesters this month.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Grooming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooming. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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