well-grounded

Example Sentences

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“Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest—not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

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

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino claimed on Tuesday that “everything we do every day is legal, ethical, moral, well-grounded in law.”

From Salon • Jan. 24, 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

And the child 77 had a well-grounded suspicion that before Mrs. Kennedy sought her own bed she crept into Carolyn May’s room and kissed her softly and saw that she was tucked in.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore