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as in scratching
to mark with or as if with a line or groove
if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it
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as in blending
to form a pleasing relationship
surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well
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Recent Examples of grooving
Two robots can be seen grooving to a light dance routine.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
The event is recognized as one of the top music festivals in the South, but Standard Deluxe is grooving all year long with a calendar full of concerts.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
The event is recognized as one of the top music festivals in the South, but Standard Deluxe is grooving all year long with a calendar full of concerts.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooving
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Security camera footage revealed that Tyrese’s dogs were running loose and scratching at a neighbor’s door across the street minutes before Henry was attacked and killed.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Security footage from a nearby house showed the dogs scratching at someone’s door and running through yards before Henry was allegedly attacked.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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Castlecore Castlecore continues to enchant Pinterest users, blending medieval fantasy with mystical, whimsical elements.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Oct. 2025
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This recipe calls for scooping out two cups of the bean-and-onion mixture, blending it with crushed tortilla chips, and then returning it to the pot.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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To avoid issues, tax professionals recommend filing electronically and selecting direct deposit instead of a paper check.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Oct. 2025
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Why are so many retirees filing for Social Security earlier?—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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WalletHub then evaluated the five dimensions using 45 relevant metrics, with their corresponding weights.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Two years after the Golden State Valkyries paid $50 million as a league expansion fee, the three franchises set to enter into the league in 2028, 2029 and 2030 were announced with a corresponding $250 million expansion fee.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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However, sometimes, the right play happens for the correlating gossip.—
Charlotte Wilder,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Clennon reprised the role nearly a decade later on Once and Again, marking the rare appearance of the same character on two series that are not spinoffs or directly correlating properties.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Grooving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooving. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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