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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
Catch grooving house sets on Fridays nights with Mirari Presents, or back-to-back electronic rhythms most Saturdays with Off The Record.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
The machine performed a routine of dance moves along with human dancers, grooving to the tune of popular Imagine Dragons soundtrack Believer.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Netflix‘s KPop Demon Hunters singing voice stars took the stage at the BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday evening, getting a game crowd grooving.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Feb. 2026
Their greatest pleasure in life is seeing their favorite band play live — grooving out, going nuts, and dissecting every second afterward.
—David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
The event brings together 85 La Grange area students — most from Western Springs District 101— and 85 students from the Off the Street Club in Chicago will pair up to enjoy activities such as an obstacle course, face painting and grooving to music from a DJ.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Makai Willis is grooving Johnson started the season with Makai Willis at center, but the senior ULM transfer struggled to make an impact and was eventually benched in favor of Tay Knox.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Scheffler speaks endlessly about preparation, whether that’s getting stronger in the gym or grooving a swing that rarely misses.
—Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Perhaps Victoria, out there on the dance floor, was simply grooving to Marc Anthony, unaware that the moment would become an inflection point in her fraught relationship with her eldest son.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
The machine performed a routine of dance moves along with human dancers, grooving to the tune of popular Imagine Dragons soundtrack Believer.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Netflix‘s KPop Demon Hunters singing voice stars took the stage at the BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday evening, getting a game crowd grooving.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Feb. 2026
Their greatest pleasure in life is seeing their favorite band play live — grooving out, going nuts, and dissecting every second afterward.
—David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
The event brings together 85 La Grange area students — most from Western Springs District 101— and 85 students from the Off the Street Club in Chicago will pair up to enjoy activities such as an obstacle course, face painting and grooving to music from a DJ.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Makai Willis is grooving Johnson started the season with Makai Willis at center, but the senior ULM transfer struggled to make an impact and was eventually benched in favor of Tay Knox.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Scheffler speaks endlessly about preparation, whether that’s getting stronger in the gym or grooving a swing that rarely misses.
—Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
Perhaps Victoria, out there on the dance floor, was simply grooving to Marc Anthony, unaware that the moment would become an inflection point in her fraught relationship with her eldest son.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooving
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More than two months into the Iran war, many analysts are still scratching their heads that wartime leaders in Washington did not plan for an Iranian shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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The two interconnected frame pieces then slid into each other, with handy round rubber stickers on the legs to keep the steel from scratching the floor.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2026
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Known for blending athleticism with entertainment, the game will include one of the biggest performances the league has ever seen, bringing together all six teams, along with its signature on-field showmanship from first pitch to final out.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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Haring, in fact, was one of the earliest artists to experiment with blending art and commerce, opening his famous Pop Shop in Lower Manhattan in 1986.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
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The amount beneficiaries receive varies based on several factors, including the number of people filing.—
Adisa Hargett-Robinson,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
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Anyone filing a 2025 tax return had an opportunity to file a Form 4547, but millions of low-income Americans don’t file tax returns.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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In a corresponding move, Abby Roque was moved to the third line, but still logged nearly 19 minutes of ice time.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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To run a program, the code had to first be punched into paper tape; a hole represented a 1, and no hole represented a 0, corresponding to the two units of binary code, which most computers work with.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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Tasks that once required hours of manual tracing—following transactions across multiple blockchains, correlating entities, building reports—can now be completed in minutes by AI agents.—
Victor Fang,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Clearly, something correlating with a generational change is shaping this disease.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Grooving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooving. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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