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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
The machine performed a routine of dance moves along with human dancers, grooving to the tune of popular Imagine Dragons soundtrack Believer.
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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
In a TikTok shared after the ultra-exclusive event, the actors can be seen grooving together in their best black-tie attire, surrounded by other party attendees.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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
In a TikTok shared after the ultra-exclusive event, the actors can be seen grooving together in their best black-tie attire, surrounded by other party attendees.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooving
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Modern cosmic data analysis faces some truly head-scratching algorithmic challenges, demanding not just cleverness, but brand-new ways to hunt for answers across vast conceptual spaces.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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The wild card for Milwaukee is Jacob Misiorowski, one of the most talented young arms in the game who is still just scratching the surface of his potential.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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Pulido has been a mainstay of Tejano music —a genre blending traditional regional Mexican elements with country, pop and conjunto influences — for more than three decades, but his family's musical roots go back even further.—
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2026
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Olusanya is a poet, filmmaker and photographer who tells intimate stories blending lyrical writing with cinematic visuals.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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Around noon, thousands of people were still filing through the security checkpoint into the stadium.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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However, two days after filing her complaint, the woman felt ignored.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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In this way, the team was able to label specific internal regions corresponding to finger angles.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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The researcher says that because antimatter particles are more massive than matter particles, during pair production in the early universe, the antimatter particles were slower than the corresponding matter particles.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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By correlating this economic power with global viewership trends, NNAF will validate the thesis that African content is not just culturally significant, but a commercially viable sector ready for institutional scale.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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These digital twins operate as autonomous agents capable of validating issues, correlating signals, applying fixes and escalating to humans only when needed, compressing resolution times while improving service quality.—
Peter High,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Grooving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooving. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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