as in landed
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water
once his boat was grounded, all he could do was wait for the tide to come back in and raise it off the sand bar
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as in based
to find a basis
you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence
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Recent Examples of grounded
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
While Black Ops 6 toyed with a more grounded, back-to-the-basics approach of UAVs, airstrikes, and attack choppers as scorestreak rewards for tallying enough points or kills, the speculative fiction framework of BLOPS 7 means everything requires a heightened tone.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Staying grounded through the grind Eric Morman still remembers Wilson’s humility during his tenure as head football coach at North Mecklenburg.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
With all this air energy, stay grounded.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
While Black Ops 6 toyed with a more grounded, back-to-the-basics approach of UAVs, airstrikes, and attack choppers as scorestreak rewards for tallying enough points or kills, the speculative fiction framework of BLOPS 7 means everything requires a heightened tone.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Billie Eilish embraced a preppy Miu Miu look grounded by a pair of brogues to attend the 2025 Innovator Awards in New York City on Wednesday, where the singer-songwriter was honored with the Music Innovator Award.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Staying grounded through the grind Eric Morman still remembers Wilson’s humility during his tenure as head football coach at North Mecklenburg.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounded
Adjective
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Marriages among the landed and propertied involved legally binding settlements drawn up by lawyers (with no obligation to confidentiality).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Elordi plays Heathcliff, the romantic anti-hero who is discovered on the streets before being taken in by a wealthy member of Britain’s landed gentry, only to fall in love with their daughter.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, as showrunner and executive producer Alex Duda explains, the Halloween theme is always based on Clarkson’s Kellyoke pick.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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His buddy Truffaut even has an idea about a would-be French gangster who gets into hot water, based roughly on the true-crime tabloid story of Michel Portail.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Grounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounded. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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