as in landed
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water
once his boat was grounded, all he could do was wait for the tide to come back in and raise it off the sand bar
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as in based
to find a basis
you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence
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Recent Examples of grounded
Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2026
Treat yourself and have fun, but stay grounded in what actually supports you long-term.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
ABC News, 8 May 2026
That gives the company’s public framing a narrower and more grounded focus.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
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Adjective
Keep it grounded and realistic.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2026
Treat yourself and have fun, but stay grounded in what actually supports you long-term.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Verb
Lockridge and Sal Frelick hit consecutive RBI singles and Rengifo came home when Joey Ortiz grounded into a forceout.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
That gives the company’s public framing a narrower and more grounded focus.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounded
Adjective
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Marriages among the landed and propertied involved legally binding settlements drawn up by lawyers (with no obligation to confidentiality).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Elordi plays Heathcliff, the romantic anti-hero who is discovered on the streets before being taken in by a wealthy member of Britain’s landed gentry, only to fall in love with their daughter.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This is a congenital defect, and the treatment differs based on the severity of the condition.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Here are three dividend-paying stocks that are highlighted by Wall Street's top pros, as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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The patriarch’s decision to resettle in the United States had been predicated on the promise that his family would be together.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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The big bet on AI—the near-trillion dollars that hyperscalers are spending to build out the technology’s infrastructure—is predicated on the belief that productivity will skyrocket.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Grounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounded. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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