Literally "grounded," in this case.
Industrial ecology makes use of this array of top-down and bottom-up approaches, all of which are grounded in its origins in the ecology of the industrial system.
However, the chemical weapon has at least its mythical origins grounded in the late Roman world.
The Uses of the Dead offers an alternate origin story for this judicial power, grounded in modern, secular concerns.
All this is grounded in human nature.
In awarding a National Heritage Fellowship to Mr. Robinson in 1989, the National Endowment for the Arts cited his distinctive style: "In performance, Robinson stresses the vernacular origins of tap grounded in community tradition and honed by generations of tap masters, many of whom, such as Honi Coles and the Nicholas Brothers, grew up in Philadelphia".
Approaching the subject sociologically, Shapiro found its origins to be grounded in a vein of traditional scholarship going back to Edmond Malone, and criticised academia for ignoring the topic, which was, he argued, tantamount to surrendering the field to anti-Stratfordians.
And sometimes their origins are more personal, grounded in the individual's experience as a member of a particular race, gender, or nationality.
This perception was grounded in different factors.
This will keep it grounded in truth.
The origins of such lifesaving surgery are grounded in a long history of gruesome experiments.
