as in grounds
to find a basis
she has predicated her theory on recent findings by other astronomers
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What grounds your sense of worth today?—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Still, Keisha’s final monologue is devastating in its plea for perceptual equity, and daniels’ performance grounds the play in something urgently human.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The project has dragged on for four years, and Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, founder of a farmworker advocacy group called ALAS, said the problem at 555 Kelly rests at the local level.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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And America’s constitutional system, unlike Russia’s, rests on consent of the governed.—
Jason Willick,
Washington Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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Mitchell bases his assessment on a poll released last week by state Democratic Party Chairman Rusty Hicks, part of an effort to pressure low-polling Democratic candidates to step out of the race.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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IMDBPro bases its Top 100 most-popular list on the page views of the more than 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Predicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predicates. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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