Thesaurus results for GROUNDS

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noun

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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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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

Witnesses told Onmanorama the elephant recklessly wandered around the temple grounds, ramming into the sides of houses and flipping scooters, as officials attempted to control the situation. —

Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026 Rules and specifics vary with each game, but it is usually organized by graduating seniors in high school and is played off school grounds. —

Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 The landscaped grounds also offer amenities such as a large swimming pool and tennis courts. —

Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2026 The lawsuit comes after 30,000 cubic yards of debris from the White House East Wing ballroom demolition project were dumped onto the East Potomac grounds without explanation. —

Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026 From the 19th century to World War I, the White House grounds had been accessible to a degree that can seem startling today. —

Neil Flanagan, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Spring migration is peaking as birds race from their southern wintering grounds to their breeding grounds in the north. —

Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 May 2026 Trump has overseen dramatic cosmetic changes on the White House grounds during his second term, including paving over the grassy line of the famous Rose Garden and demolishing the White House's East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom. —

Joey Garrison, USA Today, 1 May 2026 On Saturday night, Stagecoach guests were forced to evacuate the festival grounds due to high winds. —

Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026

Verb

Maintenance and grounds workers at Illinois State University are in the third week of a strike amid ongoing wage disputes. —

Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 Robertson grounds both versions of Niall in a sad-eyed misery, with Bell stepping in and giving the character grace notes of humor that don’t always seem to fit the story. —

Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 The inclusion of a late Neolithic female figurine fragment from North Macedonia grounds the exhibition in deep time, underscoring the persistence of these forms. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 The room’s dramatic statement, Lee Jofa’s Arley wallpaper in Lagoon, echoes the natural beauty framed by the expansive windows, fostering a tranquil retreat that further grounds the cottage in the landscape. —

Jeanne Lyons Davis, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026 That detail grounds the photograph in the human perspective. —

Christye Sisson, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026 Camping is available on the Camp Ben McCulloch grounds beneath live oaks and along Onion Creek. —

Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 6 Apr. 2026 The teak base grounds the look in something that’s light and airy, but still sophisticated. —

Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 3 Apr. 2026 What grounds you and your art in an era that is often trying to strip you away from your creative liberties? —

Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026

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Allen has served as the park historian for twenty-three years.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
In a joint post with the official Disney Parks Instagram account, Jason shared some sweet family snaps taken with chipmunks Chip ‘n Dale outside the Tree of Life in the Animal Kingdom park.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026