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as in to promise
to make a solemn declaration of intent
swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
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as in curse
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
can't you express your frustration without using swears?
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Recent Examples of swear
Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The movie diva and the heir to the Monegasque dynasty swore eternal love to each other seventy years ago today, resulting in one of the twentieth century's most legendary bonds.
—Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Some swear by using coffee grounds to give their Christmas cactus encouragement during the blooming season.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
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Verb
In 2020, weeks after Loloee was sworn into the City Council, federal officials again determined Loloee owed employees back pay, this time $35,423.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The movie diva and the heir to the Monegasque dynasty swore eternal love to each other seventy years ago today, resulting in one of the twentieth century's most legendary bonds.
—Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
In both The Wire and 25th Hour, Whitlock uttered his catchphrase swear.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Some swear by using coffee grounds to give their Christmas cactus encouragement during the blooming season.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear
Verb
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Etsy witches are cursing Klay Thompson Wow.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Armenians at home and in the diaspora voiced their outrage at the friendly message, drawing up grievances and cursing the government, often with expletives.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The standoff beneath the bridge, where whole neighborhoods were dislocated by construction and residents had long been promised a park, quickly attracted national attention.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after, the President held a press conference and promised the dinner would be rescheduled.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in March and charged him in the February shooting but the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office declined to prosecute after the victim refused to testify.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Notably, one of Worboys’ victims was Carrie Johnson, the wife of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was drugged by him in 2007, testified at his trial and waived her anonymity.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And, when the alarm wails hours before dawn, human cusses of angry protest join the chorus of budget appliances failing before their time.—
Virginia Konchan,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2024
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My grandmother extended a ladder up into this tough old cuss of a tree and climbed up, at some risk, to pick the bulging fruit.—
Jim Meddleton,
The Christian Science Monitor,
1 May 2024
Verb
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For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Ravens’ first pick Thursday was Penn State’s Vega Ioane, a 6-foot-4 and 326-pound guard who is described as a mauler and who vowed that no one is going to touch his quarterback, Lamar Jackson.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Amid sharp criticism over what some saw as an inadequate NYPD response, Menin vowed to pass a bill requiring the buffer zones.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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If your mind was made up about Jackson by the tabloid feeding frenzy that began in 1993, and damning exposés like HBO’s two-part 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, Michael probably won’t do a lot to change that.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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But Australians should maintain confidence in due process, and refrain from jumping to conclusions by either damning Roberts-Smith or excusing him.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Before the emotional outbursts at the meeting Thursday, Kinnear-Rausch, Little and Williams all expressed their heartbreak over the death of Jaxon and pledged to fix problems that led to the tragedy.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Commissioner Rob Manfred justified the partnership by saying Polymarket pledged strong market surveillance provisions and close communication from its compliance staff and the league.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Swear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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