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well-grounded

[wel-groun-did] / ˈwɛlˈgraʊn dɪd /
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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

Nothing, therefore, short of the full co-operation of a superior fleet, and a large body of troops, could have afforded him a well-grounded expectation of succeeding.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by Brenton, E. B.




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