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grounding

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verb

present participle of ground
as in basing
to find a basis you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence

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Recent Examples of grounding
Verb
Capricorn’s grounding energy supports turning your reflections into practical insights. Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 5 Jan. 2025 For grounding and emotional stability Smoky quartz is a grounding powerhouse that perfectly complements Capricorn’s earthy nature, offering equal amounts of protection and emotional stability. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024 One flight up, the reception room is a restrained palette of calming blues, earthy browns, and grounding greens that highlights the room’s tall ceilings and leafy outside view. Busola Evans, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024 To come back to that set was grounding. Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024 His work aims to restore that bond, creating spaces that are both primitive and futuristic, grounding people in the past while pointing to his vision for the future. Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 The dry down presents a warm embrace of sandalwood and vanilla, grounding the white floral notes in a creamy, almost addictive sweetness. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Oct. 2024 My expression of kink involves adorning people and myself with ropes, flowers, and jewels — not just to emphasize beauty, but also as a way of grounding and connecting us back to nature. Bae Leche, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, Utopia transports you to the lush landscapes of Madagascar, offering a rich blend of pink pepper leaf, jasmine, and sandalwood that’s both grounding and invigorating. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grounding
Noun
  • In this new event, six of Florida’s top high school orchestras present concerts and receive adjudication and instruction from industry professionals.
    Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Forty percent of Columbia University’s budget goes to patient care and research, and nearly 40% more toward instruction, according to the lawsuit.
    Chris Boyette, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Research grants for graduate education have also come under the ax.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Thanks to President Trump for working to return education to the states.
    Christopher Tremoglie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to its tuition-free offer, since 2023, the university has made schooling completely free for students from families with annual incomes under $85,000, covering tuition, food, housing, health insurance and travel costs.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The annual income threshold to qualify for free schooling at Harvard has increased from $40,000 in 2004 to $60,000 in 2006, to $85,000 since 2023, according to the university.
    Taylor Dunn, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And the rise of Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz put the country on a stunning course out of America’s 80-year post-war tutelage moments after his general election victory last month.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Under Williams’ tutelage, Maryland finished the 2023 season limiting opposing offenses to 22.5 points per game, which marked the fewest number of points allowed since 2010 when that squad surrendered 22.2 points per game.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Before her death, Noga had enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was planning to start basic training after graduation, her sister, Janice Whitt, said in a 2011 interview with NJ.com.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Course instruction about the pilots, as well as video of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) − a paramilitary aviation organization of female pilots employed to fly during World War II − was also pulled from basic training curriculum, the outlet reported.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025

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“Grounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounding. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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