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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
Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Vogue’s Concetta Ciarlo also swears by Purito’s gel-cream when trying to calm her own flare ups.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Women over 50 swear by this award-winning, Bobbi Brown-founded brand for its nourishing and hydrating qualities.
—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Verb
In the Tatsuya Nagamine movie, Z is the name of an admiral who has sworn to destroy all the pirates of the New World, because of the pirates’ dream to have no leader, motivated only by their alliances that uphold the interests of every person and community.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Vogue’s Concetta Ciarlo also swears by Purito’s gel-cream when trying to calm her own flare ups.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
Patullo tore off his headset with a rare and celebratory swear.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Bonus: For every 100ml bottle sold, Omorovicza donates 5% to Water.org, supporting global access to safe water.
Jones Road Miracle Balm, $40
Women over 50 swear by this award-winning, Bobbi Brown-founded brand for its nourishing and hydrating qualities.
—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear
Verb
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In the midst of the chaos, Kendall accused Corey of cursing at her.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Behind closed doors, network execs cursed the growing power, and seeming lack of accountability, of streamers, while many of those at Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and their kin still saw their linear counterparts as dinosaurs nearing extinction.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their uses include promising methods for cleaning up toxic pollution.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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And a growing ecosystem of funds dedicated to the blue economy is emerging, offering investors opportunities to support promising companies while advancing measurable impact.—
Olivier Wenden,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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McCarthy pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for testifying against four of his co-conspirators, per The Bay Area Reporter.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Phypers additionally testified that Richards called him 17 times in less than a week after she was granted the temporary restraining order.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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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Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2024
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Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.—
Hasan Ali,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 Aug. 2023
Verb
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The Venezuelan government, led by President Nicolás Maduro, has denounced previous strikes as an act of aggression, vowing to defend Venezuelan sovereignty.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The move piggybacks on an April executive order vowing to remove regulatory barriers and increase American coal exports.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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He was subsequently hailed by many northern abolitionists as a martyr and damned by many southerners as an insurrectionist intent on destroying the institution of slavery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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And there was Nix’s misfire on a damning fourth-quarter go-ball to Courtland Sutton, when the quarterback had his go-to man streaking free on a third-and-10 … only to chuck it just past his fingertips.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The White House has pledged to withhold further contributions pending a State Department investigation into each office and agency’s effectiveness.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Trump campaigned on a hardline immigration stance, pledging to carry out the largest mass deportation in American history.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Swear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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