oath of office
noun phrase
: an official promise by a person who has been elected to a public office to fulfill the duties of the office according to the law
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But on January 20th, the day that Trump took the oath of office, the CBP One app suddenly stopped working.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
Things were dire in the United States on January 20, 1937 as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath of office for his second term.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Nearly 100 days after Trump took the oath of office for a second time, consumer and business sentiment is spasming from widespread federal job cuts, the ping-ponging stock market and the president's on-again, off-again tariffs.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
The new member will take the oath of office at the regular board meeting on the following day, June 18.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
Things were dire in the United States on January 20, 1937 as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath of office for his second term.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Nearly 100 days after Trump took the oath of office for a second time, consumer and business sentiment is spasming from widespread federal job cuts, the ping-ponging stock market and the president's on-again, off-again tariffs.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
The new member will take the oath of office at the regular board meeting on the following day, June 18.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Oath of office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oath%20of%20office. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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