Thesaurus results for GROUNDS

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noun

plural of ground

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 sediment

matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid strain the coffee to remove the 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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grounds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ground

as in predicates

to find a basis you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence

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Recent Examples of grounds

Noun

Works by major international artists (Tschabalala Self, Francesco Clemente, Chantal Joffe) sit alongside Greek artists (Vasilis Papageorgiou, Kostas Paniaras, Sofia Mitsola) and commissions created on site, scattered through the hotel and grounds. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026 The students and their attorneys appeared in federal court on Wednesday for a hearing in their lawsuit challenging FIU's actions on First Amendment grounds. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Outside, the lush grounds host a 55-foot pool with a spillover spa, a kitchen and bar barbecue setup, a meditation garden with an infrared sauna, a stream, and a chicken—or peacock—coop. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026 As for the verdant grounds that sold Becker on the property, they have been reimagined by the AD100 landscape design studio Terremoto, who planted swaths of ferns and live oaks. — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026 The instinct in Congress is to restrict Chinese models on security grounds, and for sensitive government and defense workloads, that caution is warranted. — Mark Minevich, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Details of most of the deals are never made public and some of the African nations, like Ghana’s government, have defended their actions as having been taken on humanitarian grounds. — Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 And the festival grounds held events in 1974 (Allman Brothers/Doobie Brothers/Van Morrison/Tim Buckley) and 1975 (Pink Floyd/Captain Beefheart/Monty Python/Steve Miller Band) that provided them with a framework. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 There is growing concern around the overlap between the krill fishery and important feeding grounds of the recovering fin whale population. — Kim S. Bernard, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

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For the owners, the ability to feel the energy of the artist in the material is what grounds the hotel in its surroundings. — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Matt Chapman #26 of the San Francisco Giants grounds out to first base in the third inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on August 29, 2024 in Milwaukee. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 But all the while, Verma grounds this social chaos in a performance of genuine anxiety spirals, allowing the movie’s minor stakes to feel apocalyptic. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 Anchored by a surprisingly poignant motion-capture performance from Josh Brolin, the film, for the most part, pulls off the tricky balance of delivering sensational sequences and a catharsis that grounds the unimaginable stakes. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 Shopping market editor Kate McGregor appreciates how the darker brown colorway grounds her mostly-white bedroom. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2026 Lisa-Kaindé is the bleeding heart who whispers divinity into her lyrics, and Naomi grounds them with the beating pulse of her percussion. — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026 Proof, Not Just Theory The book grounds its argument in reporting, not abstraction. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Later this evening, however, the moon slips into the meticulous and methodical sign of Virgo, which, in turn, grounds the atmosphere. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounds

Noun

Under the proposal, the stadium's large parking area would be transformed into a flexible park with public recreational facilities and space for special events.

— Sergio Candido, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
To the east of the park, plans include 165 miles of vehicle barriers.

— Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of park

Noun

Fishing boats were stranded ashore, infrastructure was damaged and homes were surrounded by sediment left by receding waters.

— Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Initially, Republican officials in several rural Maryland jurisdictions, under the banner of the Clean Chesapeake Coalition, challenged the deal, as they had long been aggrieved by sediment overflow events from the at-capacity dam in Cecil County.

— Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of sediment

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Requiring personnel to document a legitimate law-enforcement reason and associated case number before conducting a license-plate search.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The intense interest in the case is one reason why her lawyers are pushing for a retrial – the town was so crowded that at one stage jury members shared a hotel with the prosecution team and an informant.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of reason

Verb

Last year, the park said the plane now rests at shallower depths that do not require technical dive expertise.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Its sustainability case, if any, therefore rests for now on the unverified prospect that a durable, multipurpose outsole could extend shoe use or reduce the need for terrain-specific footwear.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of rests

Noun

Wyatt and Berk speculated that something may have happened to Steven at this house, but there was no search of the premises due to the circumstantial nature of the evidence.

— Jeremy Greenberg, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would require large retailers to preserve documentation of immigration enforcement activity on their premises, following ICE raids at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California last summer.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of premises

Noun

According to interview recordings and depositions played in the documentary, Barnett became increasingly concerned that a decline in leadership and quality control would directly impact the safety of the 787 Dreamliners.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
ActBlue cofounder Matt DeBergalis invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination multiple times on Thursday during a closed-door deposition in a congressional investigation of the Democratic fundraising platform.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of deposition

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Her motive wasn’t a major part of the trial, but evidence presented by the prosecution suggested her relationship with her in-laws had deteriorated.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Suspicious and revelatory, today’s moon in Scorpio is deeply attuned to hidden motives, subtext and all that is lingering beneath the surface.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026