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as in park
the area around and belonging to a building
an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds
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as in reason
something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing
evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease
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as in predicates
to find a basis
you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence
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Recent Examples of grounds
Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That's sound on both economic and strategic grounds.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The fishing grounds here are full of cod and dozens of trawlers dot the horizon.
—David Greig
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
While the museum grounds are beautiful in any season, the bright blue skies and vibrant foliage seem to cast everything in a golden light.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
The Sagrada Família also can’t justify itself entirely on aesthetic grounds.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Louder Than Life returns to Louisville for an 11th year and the physical festival grounds aren't the only part that's bigger this year.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Indigenous Tribes’ ancestral homelands and hunting grounds could be under threat of mining, clear cutting, or development without consultation because of this decision.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Authors are also suing Meta and OpenAI on similar grounds.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
Those stronger gradients boost efficiency and grounds osmotic generation in existing systems rather than the lab.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
Faulí said that his team was still coming across fragments of Gaudí’s work on the Sagrada Família grounds.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
From Jess Judith to Jools Lebron, here’s how beauty grounds us and how this residency deepened our connection to culture, memory, and ourselves.
—Natasha López, Refinery29, 10 Sep. 2025
This approach grounds technical excellence in solid understanding of human nature and planetary limits.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The single-page notice contained no argument and did not say on what grounds the state would base its appeal of the decision by the intermediate appellate court.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
The bathtub is painted a bright blue (Paint & Paper Library Blue Gum), while the gray floor continues from the hallway and grounds the palette.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
What grounds her artistic flexibility is a surprisingly mature worldview shaped by her mother’s wisdom.
—Sara Smith, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
The two, three, and even four-bedroom residences are spacious, feature mature olive trees, relaxing grounds, and gourmet kitchens.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
That's sound on both economic and strategic grounds.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The fishing grounds here are full of cod and dozens of trawlers dot the horizon.
—David Greig
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
While the museum grounds are beautiful in any season, the bright blue skies and vibrant foliage seem to cast everything in a golden light.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
The Sagrada Família also can’t justify itself entirely on aesthetic grounds.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Louder Than Life returns to Louisville for an 11th year and the physical festival grounds aren't the only part that's bigger this year.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Indigenous Tribes’ ancestral homelands and hunting grounds could be under threat of mining, clear cutting, or development without consultation because of this decision.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Authors are also suing Meta and OpenAI on similar grounds.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
Alan is a married man tempted by things that could be, but his friendship with Roger grounds the story in a rare portrayal of Black male vulnerability.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
Those stronger gradients boost efficiency and grounds osmotic generation in existing systems rather than the lab.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
Faulí said that his team was still coming across fragments of Gaudí’s work on the Sagrada Família grounds.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
From Jess Judith to Jools Lebron, here’s how beauty grounds us and how this residency deepened our connection to culture, memory, and ourselves.
—Natasha López, Refinery29, 10 Sep. 2025
This approach grounds technical excellence in solid understanding of human nature and planetary limits.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The single-page notice contained no argument and did not say on what grounds the state would base its appeal of the decision by the intermediate appellate court.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
The bathtub is painted a bright blue (Paint & Paper Library Blue Gum), while the gray floor continues from the hallway and grounds the palette.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
What grounds her artistic flexibility is a surprisingly mature worldview shaped by her mother’s wisdom.
—Sara Smith, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounds
Noun
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The Marlins dropped another one Tuesday at loanDepot park, losing to the Nationals 7-5 for their seventh defeat in eight games.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Polite dogs are allowed, but your pup might get stressed in the noisy, crowded park.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a new study published in Antiquity, researchers from Cambridge and Nottingham examined a 16-feet sediment core from Aldborough in Yorkshire, an important center of metal production located at a former Roman tribal town of Brigantes.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Direct dating Paleontologists often estimate the age of plant and animal fossils based on sediments where the organic material was preserved.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In many cases, the two reasons amount to the same thing, with the same cause.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The second reason is that these aura battler designs were very complex and full of curves as well as weird angles.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There’s humor, insight, and a ton of catchy and inventive premises here.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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These failures occurred when the AI models confabulated successful operations and built subsequent actions on false premises, highlighting the risks of depending on AI assistants that can misinterpret file structures or fabricate data to hide their errors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Wayfarer Parties previously requested Swift’s deposition in May 2025 before ultimately withdrawing the subpoena.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
13 Sep. 2025
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Also Friday morning in Washington, Biden White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was giving a deposition in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into former President Biden’s fitness for office.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whatever turns out to be the motive of Kirk’s assassin, the websites Bluesky and Reddit were teeming with left-wing celebrations of his death.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Law enforcement had yet to identify the shooter or disclose a motive and acknowledged at a news conference Thursday that the suspect’s college-age appearance may have helped the person blend in on the college campus where Kirk was shot.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The evidence strongly indicates JNJ’s rally rests on solid foundations that could support continued outperformance.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Routh, who is representing himself despite having little legal experience, has signaled that his defense rests largely on his character.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 6-foot-3 left-hander has been outstanding, completing 71 of 106 passes for 772 yards and six touchdowns with one interception.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Quentin Johnson, a third-year wide receiver who had been considered a disappointment, has 150 yards and three touchdowns on just eight catches this season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Grounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounds. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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