Thesaurus results for GROOMING

grooming

verb

present participle of groom

as in preparing

to make ready in advance the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit

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Recent Examples of grooming Excess weight can raise a cat’s risk of diabetes, arthritis, skin problems, urinary issues and difficulty grooming. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Twenty-five years on and seeking revenge, Robbie infiltrates his gang from the bottom up in order to kill the man responsible, only to discover that the British underboss is grooming him to settle a debt no one was ever meant to survive. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 Their study analyzed more than 2 million chat messages and identified examples involving grooming, sexualization of minors, bullying, violence and sensitive information sharing that escaped moderation. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Use a grooming brush to get loose hair before your cat can swallow it. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 There’s a fun mentor/mentee relationship at the forefront that reveals the truth of Hal not really training a new recruit, but grooming a replacement. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Newly interested in landscape design, Kim’s mother also cultivated the property’s garden, grooming its old red pine tree and planting the grounds with tulips, chrysanthemums, and daisies. — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026 Young primates were much more likely to play with members of another species, whereas adult females were more often involved in grooming. — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026 Evrima also offers grooming services from the Italian barber and skincare company Pisterzi. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Even as the justices were preparing to release their opinion, the postal service did in fact develop and release a new rule about mail-in voting.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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