reground

past tense of regrind

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reground
Verb
  • Reiss’ script was a Black List find that either wasn’t reworked enough by committee or so sanded down in the studio churn that all personality was drained in the process.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Some people take all the components off the frame, strip off all the decals, then get the whole thing sanded and powder-coated with a fresh coat of paint.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Compared with its predecessors, Ares can seem grounded.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The movie’s tone is all over the place, but Roberts and Clooney’s chemistry helps ground it; their easygoing banter eventually leads to tenser and tenser exchanges.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jones filed to run for the Zone 4 board seat in 2020, but bowed out of the race prior to the election.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Orbison's lawsuit was filed a day after a similar suit by a Rutherford County teacher fired over her social media posts following Kirk's death.
    Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Contemporary fiction as it is practiced today in many mainstream forms is honed to that rapid symbolic interpretation.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • From elevated basics to matching sets, these frequent flyers have honed the formula for looking good while getting from point A to B (with their stylish carry-on in tow, of course).
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The main hatch is already open, a small mercy for my purposes, and my torchlight shines back on a wooden ladder, paint worn in the centre of each rung where the crew’s footsteps buffed it away.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Some scratches can be buffed out.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Egos will not be polished but pushed to one side as Tuchel looks for chemistry and cohesion in his group.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • His fleet of lowriders, each polished to a mirror shine, also appear.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Since signing to Matador, the band has sharpened its sound into a quirky, exhilarated alt-pop, too uncanny to be dance-punk and too lively to be slacker rock.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Queen Latifah sharpened her tailoring with beige slingbacks in New York last month.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All other produce can be gently rubbed while being rinsed.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The female nurse rubbed the glove over her sides, into the folds, on the back of her neck.
    Laura Vazquez, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Reground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reground. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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