ground floor
noun
plural ground floors
1
: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1
2
: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants
—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor
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Sunday, June 8, 2025 Lake Como, Italy THE PARTY AT THE VILLA
A single chilling wail erupts from the grand ballroom on Palazzo Mella’s ground floor, cutting through the whir of the choppers above.
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Marshall and co-founder Tina Barkley were on hand for the opening Wednesday and congratulated the artists at a reception held at Eataly, a longtime partner that has one of the mannequins on its ground floor.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Painted on slabs of vinyl affixed to the brick, the mural — a large rectangle about the size of the building’s ground floor — featured a background that appeared to depict mass graves, weeping mothers, drones and other scenes of carnage in Gaza.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
Zoom out: Two other tenants to recently open on the tower's ground floor are both from local restaurateurs Joe and Katy Kindred — a third location of their all-day café, Milkbread, and Mediterranean fine-dining restaurant, Albertine.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Marshall and co-founder Tina Barkley were on hand for the opening Wednesday and congratulated the artists at a reception held at Eataly, a longtime partner that has one of the mannequins on its ground floor.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Painted on slabs of vinyl affixed to the brick, the mural — a large rectangle about the size of the building’s ground floor — featured a background that appeared to depict mass graves, weeping mothers, drones and other scenes of carnage in Gaza.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
Zoom out: Two other tenants to recently open on the tower's ground floor are both from local restaurateurs Joe and Katy Kindred — a third location of their all-day café, Milkbread, and Mediterranean fine-dining restaurant, Albertine.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Ground floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20floor. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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