grounds 1 of 2

plural of ground
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2
as in sediment
matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid strain the coffee to remove the grounds

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3
as in reason
something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease

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grounds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ground
as in predicates
to find a basis you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence

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Noun
  • For more information, call the park visitor center (479) 789-5000.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
  • Tris Speaker scored the winning run from first on a single. 1932 — Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit four doubles in one game. 1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox won his 20th consecutive game at home, the longest home park streak in the major leagues.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Constructed in collaboration with Medina for the show, the cabinet becomes a metaphor for body and mind—a container for memory, for emotional sediment, for the trace elements of being.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • Swish until the loose sediment washes away, until heavy black sand is all that’s left.
    John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • The reality is that Kevin Durant prioritizes being on the court (75 games two seasons ago) and the only reason his game total was down to 62 this past season was because the Suns shut him down.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2025
  • There’s a reason the studio’s nickname is the Magic Kingdom.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • In December Bomba testified via video in a deposition ordered by the federal judge presiding over the lawsuit.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 13 May 2025
  • On Friday, the rapper’s legal team is set to sit Moretti through another deposition, or a sworn interview with a witness conducted before a trial.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Defense questions Richard’s memory and motives Under cross-examination, Richard faced questions about her memory of the assaults and her personal motives.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • Police said Sunday that no suspect has been identified and no motive is known.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • The Role of Leadership in Cybersecurity In today’s business environment, the responsibility for cybersecurity rests squarely with leadership.
    Andrew Hay, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Located 50 minutes away from Rome and perched on ancient hilltops that are 700 meters above sea level, the property rests on eight hectares of land.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • At 27, Massey and another inmate broke out of a detention center in northern Louisiana in broad daylight by cutting and slipping under a chain-link fence in the exercise yard, Chief James Mardis of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office told CNN last week.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
  • These layers will lead the eye upward and make a yard feel properly drenched in green. 5.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • And corals, sponges, and anemones that use the polymetallic nodules as anchors to hold still and thrive on a seabed of silt, which, when mined, will be upturned and transformed into sediment plumes.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
  • The blue coloration of the water is due to fine silt particles in the water.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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“Grounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounds. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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