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well-grounded

[wel-groun-did] / ˈwɛlˈgraʊn dɪd /
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The table below, which has been updated over the years by a team of Deutsche Bank strategists, shows that this instinct is well-grounded in history.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

At a separate news conference the same day, Bovino rejected the criticism about federal agents, saying, “Everything we do every day is legal, ethical, moral, well-grounded in law.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

"A well-grounded suspicion does warrant more follow-ups but also might not hit the high threshold for overturning the result."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2024

Despite these far-fetched ambitions, Rothblatt has funded a wealth of well-grounded research for decades, and her company United Therapeutics has propelled much of the recent progress in xenotransplantation.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

Nothing is left for me to say but that: that is the only sentiment which, in presence of so strange a casualty, grief so well-grounded and so poignant permits me to indulge.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver