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
Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Not just in contrast to the hijinks around them, the two feel grounded and worth rooting for.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
There were a lot of conversations on set about how to ensure that Mary felt like an everyday hero and remained grounded.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Such visions pull our minds into journeys of light-years and thoughts far beyond or grounded world.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Not just in contrast to the hijinks around them, the two feel grounded and worth rooting for.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
They’re tied for fourth-most double plays grounded into, and are exactly league average in strikeouts.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
There were a lot of conversations on set about how to ensure that Mary felt like an everyday hero and remained grounded.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 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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Access to the polls has never been adequate across the board, but the relative ease that many people have in participating in politics is a recent invention, based on the VRA.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
2 May 2026
Verb
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It was all predicated on chops that were second to none.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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But that new is, at times, predicated on what came before.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Grounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounded. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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